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montafon.at
A summer<br />
full of<br />
personal<br />
moments
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GRÜASS DI IM MUNTAFU<br />
(Welcome to the <strong>Montafon</strong>)<br />
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HIKE TO ALPE GUES<br />
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ERLEBNISBERG GOLM<br />
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FOREST BATHING IN GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
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MUTTJÖCHLE: E-BIKE & HIKE TOUR<br />
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VIA FERRATAS IN THE MONTAFON<br />
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GLACIER HIKE<br />
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SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MONTAFON<br />
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THE MONTAFON HOUSE<br />
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PREVIEW OF WINTER <strong>2021</strong>/22<br />
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THE HEARTBEAT OF THE MONTAFON<br />
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PANORAMIC MAP<br />
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MY MONTAFON MAGAZINE<br />
The mountain summer in the<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> will enchant you in<br />
its own very special way. While<br />
forest bathing in Gargellen, for<br />
instance, where you can bear witness to<br />
the power of nature with all your senses<br />
and feel the incredible tranqui llity that<br />
the Gargellen mountain forest exudes.<br />
The hike to the picturesque Alpe Gues<br />
represents an especially intense experience<br />
of the <strong>Montafon</strong> mountains. Even<br />
though the way there is quite long, it’s<br />
totally worth it – you’ll see. On the (e-)<br />
bike & hike tour to the summit of the<br />
Muttjöchle pleasure mountain, you’ll<br />
experience the beauty of the <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
from different perspectives – on foot and<br />
by bike. The Gargellner Köpfe via ferrata<br />
is a real find for those in search of peak<br />
happiness. After a challenging climb,<br />
you’ll be rewarded with a breathtaking<br />
panoramic view of the surrounding<br />
mountains. Or witness at first hand the<br />
fascination of everlasting ice on the glacier<br />
hike in the Silvretta. It’s entirely up to<br />
you. All that matters is the here and now<br />
– making the most of your personal moments<br />
in the <strong>Montafon</strong>.
GRÜASS DI IM MUNTAFU (Welcome to the <strong>Montafon</strong>)<br />
GRÜASS DI<br />
IM MUNTAFU<br />
(Welcome to the <strong>Montafon</strong>)<br />
Alpe Spora
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„Alpabtrieb“<br />
September <strong>2021</strong><br />
When the pastures on the alpine<br />
pasture have been fully grazed in<br />
September and the temperatures<br />
gradually drop, it is time for both<br />
people and animals to make<br />
their way down. The splendidly<br />
decorated cattle return to the<br />
valley, where they are gratefully<br />
received by the farmers.<br />
Dates at<br />
montafon.at/alpabtrieb<br />
MOUNTAIN CULTURE<br />
AN ALPINE VALLEY FULL OF TRADITIONS<br />
Whether consciously or subconsciously, you<br />
will certainly encounter a few special features<br />
in the <strong>Montafon</strong> during your time here.<br />
Perhaps it will be the <strong>Montafon</strong> Sura Kees,<br />
which is served at breakfast. Perhaps you’ll<br />
see women in the <strong>Montafon</strong> traditional attire<br />
in front of church one Sunday. Hike along the<br />
meadows where you might see the local stone<br />
sheep, a unique breed of the <strong>Montafon</strong>.<br />
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With its elaborate decorations, each<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> table is absolutely unique<br />
The historic costume of the <strong>Montafon</strong>’s<br />
residents has its origins in the Baroque<br />
period<br />
In June, the entire valley celebrates the<br />
longest day of the year with impressive<br />
solstice bonfires<br />
The alpine meadow landscapes in the<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> are virtually unique to the Alps<br />
Committed breeders ensure the continued<br />
existence of the rare <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
Steinschaf (stone sheep)<br />
During the summer, 12 alpine dairy farms<br />
produce the traditional <strong>Montafon</strong> Sura Kees<br />
cheese with love and care<br />
The torch burning is an ancient spring<br />
custom dating back to pre-Christian times<br />
The <strong>Montafon</strong> dialect represents a special<br />
form within the Austrian vernacular
GRÜASS DI IM MUNTAFU (Welcome to the <strong>Montafon</strong>)<br />
Muttjöchle<br />
HIKING<br />
DEEPLY RELAXED AND HIGHLY ACTIVE<br />
You can’t hike anywhere near as much as you’d like to in the<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> valley: to the loveliest meadows of flowers and<br />
herbs, on old smugglers' trails, on the trail of the chamois, to<br />
alpine pastures and shelter chalets, along ridges and to summits.<br />
1,220 kilometres of signposted hiking trails allow you<br />
to explore the mountain ranges of Verwall, Silvretta and Rätikon.<br />
Whether it’s with a guide or on your own, sporty or leisurely,<br />
on exposed inclines or with children in pushchairs –<br />
you’re sure to find your ideal route in the <strong>Montafon</strong>.<br />
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1,220 kilometres of hiking trails<br />
Over 40 idyllic hut nestled in the Alps<br />
280 hiking tours at touren.montafon.at<br />
from easy to difficult<br />
19 exceptional theme trails<br />
20 cableways with just one card<br />
CLIMBING<br />
WHERE NO TWO ROCKS ARE ALIKE<br />
You can do it inside or outside, on low walls or high peaks, on rock<br />
or on ice, on long ridges or on vertical walls – climbing is a sport<br />
with virtually unlimited facets! It’s a good thing that the <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
mountain guides are on the go seven days a week to take you<br />
safely up and down the climbing gardens, via ferratas and climbing<br />
mountains.<br />
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24 via ferratas – from easy to challenging<br />
8 rock climbing parks for taking in that first fresh breath of<br />
mountain air<br />
Tour up Piz Buin (Vorarlberg’s highest mountain)<br />
Impressive glacier tours in the Silvretta<br />
Climbing tours on the Rätikon’s most legendary routes<br />
Hochjoch<br />
Röbischlucht
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(E-)MOUNTAIN BIKING<br />
DISCOVERING THE MOST DESIRABLE ALPINE SPOTS<br />
The problem: Dad looks to give it his all on the pedals, mum prefers<br />
relaxed coasting. Yet they still want to explore the <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
together on mountain bikes. The solution is the “electric mountain<br />
bike” with its various speed settings, available for hire from<br />
a range of sporting goods stores. Guided tours will take you along<br />
the loveliest routes to the highest viewing points; it’s up to you<br />
whether you choose to use the electric motor or not.<br />
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Around 260 kilometres of signposted mountain bike routes<br />
3 e-bike rental stations and 27 charging stations<br />
Several cableways transport your bike to your alpine destination<br />
Bike-friendly accommodation throughout the valley<br />
70 selected bike tours at touren.montafon.at<br />
Wildried, Silbertal<br />
OTHER<br />
SUMMER ACTIVITIES<br />
40 signposted running trails<br />
(touren.montafon.at)<br />
1 historic mine<br />
(Bartholomäberg)<br />
5 open-air pools<br />
1 leisure park<br />
(Aktivpark <strong>Montafon</strong>)<br />
7 tennis courts<br />
2 golf courses<br />
BergePLUS<br />
BASIC<br />
PREMIUM<br />
MONTAFON<br />
In addition to the daily BergePLUS (BASIC) guest programme<br />
from May to October, you can get to know the <strong>Montafon</strong> from its<br />
most enjoyable side with the Premium Tours (PREMIUM).<br />
STUTTGART<br />
270 km<br />
2h 50 min<br />
GERMANY<br />
MUNICH<br />
246 km<br />
2h 30 min<br />
Each BergePLUS PREMIUM guest can look forward to an allround<br />
carefree package. Depending on the tour, we’ll take care<br />
of renting you the right equipment, the necessary cable car tickets<br />
and a shared lunch with your guides.<br />
ZURICH<br />
152 km<br />
1h 45 min<br />
BREG<strong>EN</strong>Z<br />
BLUD<strong>EN</strong>Z<br />
INNSBRUCK<br />
130 km<br />
1h 30 min<br />
INFORMATION<br />
AND BOOKING:<br />
T. +43 50 6686 // montafon.at/bergeplus<br />
SWITZERLAND<br />
ITALY
GRÜASS DI IM MUNTAFU (Welcome to the <strong>Montafon</strong>)<br />
MY MONTAFON<br />
CABLEWAYS<br />
LÜNERSEEBAHN<br />
KRISTBERGBAHN<br />
FELDKIRCH<br />
ST. ANTON am ARLBERG<br />
Whether you opt for a<br />
relaxing walk around the<br />
“turquoise-blue pearl<br />
of the Alps” or a challenging<br />
summit tour – the<br />
hiking region in the<br />
Rätikon offers both casual<br />
hikers and more active<br />
climbers plenty of variety.<br />
BRANDNERTAL<br />
VANDANS<br />
LÜNERSEEBAHN<br />
BLUD<strong>EN</strong>Z<br />
ST. ANTON<br />
im M.<br />
GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
BARTHOLOMÄBERG<br />
SCHRUNS -<br />
TSCHAGGUNS<br />
SILBERTAL<br />
Kristberg<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong><br />
ST. GALL<strong>EN</strong>KIRCH<br />
Kristberg<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong><br />
The Kristberg pleasure<br />
mountain has<br />
exciting offers<br />
for families, such as<br />
the Silberpfad (Silver<br />
Trail) or the Silver<br />
World of Play.<br />
GASCHURN<br />
PART<strong>EN</strong><strong>EN</strong><br />
SILVRETTASEE<br />
ERLEBNISBERG GOLM<br />
SILVRETTA MONTAFON<br />
GARGELL<strong>EN</strong> CABLEWAYS<br />
Attractions such as the<br />
Waldseilpark (Forest<br />
Rope Park), Flying Fox,<br />
Alpine Coaster and<br />
the Waldrutschenpark<br />
(Forest Slide Park) add<br />
variety to the planning of<br />
leisure activities.<br />
ADDITIONAL CABLEWAYS<br />
IN THE REGION<br />
Bergbahnen Brandnertal<br />
Muttersbergbahn<br />
Sonnenkopfbahn<br />
Schnifisberg cableway<br />
Sonntag-Stein cable car<br />
Diverse hiking routes<br />
at over 1,400 metres<br />
above sea level draw<br />
visitors to the historic<br />
border area around the<br />
Madrisa mountain.<br />
SILVRETTA-BIELERHÖHE<br />
The Tafamuntbahn<br />
carries you comfortably<br />
during the summer<br />
months to the Verwall<br />
mountains and the<br />
European Conservation<br />
Area Wiegensee<br />
– a uniquehigh<br />
moor landscape.<br />
Alongside numerous<br />
hiking and climbing<br />
options, the new<br />
Abenteuerberg Hochjoch<br />
and Alpenwelt Nova<br />
adventure areas<br />
in particular<br />
are a real hit.
LEISURE PASS<br />
Cableways Outdoor pools Bus & Rail<br />
SUMMER LEISURE PASS<br />
Make the most of the mountains in the <strong>Montafon</strong>, Brandnertal,<br />
Klostertal, Walgau and Großes Walsertal – the Summer Leisure Pass<br />
makes it possible. You can enjoy unlimited use of a total of 20 cableways<br />
during operating hours for an attractive all-inclusive price. Museums,<br />
outdoor pools and public transportation within the region<br />
are included in this card, as well as the toll for the Silvretta-Hochalpenstraße<br />
in your private car, on a motorcycle or bus. This makes it<br />
the perfect ticket for all hikers, bikers, rock climbers, nature lovers and<br />
sun worshipers.<br />
You can find the latest information at montafon-brandnertal-card.at
WEIL’S UM DIE<br />
REGION GEHT.<br />
Die Landschaft, die Werte, die Täler, der Fleiß, die Vereine, die Wirtschaft, die<br />
Gemeinden – vieles verbindet die Menschen im Süden Vorarlbergs Mit.Einander.<br />
Auch Ihre eigene Regionalbank gehört dazu. Seit über 125 Jahren und in Zukunft.<br />
raiba-bludenz-montafon.at<br />
Raiffeisenbank Bludenz-<strong>Montafon</strong> eGen, BLZ 37468, Swift-Nr.: RVVGAT2B468, Firmenbuch-Nr.: 59048K, Firmenbuchgericht: Landesgericht Feldkirch, GISA-Nr.: 27511367, UID-Nr.: ATU36698409. Hauptbankstelle<br />
Schruns, Kirchplatz 3, 6780 Schruns; Hauptbankstelle Bludenz, Werdenbergerstraße 9, 6700 Bludenz. Gestaltung: Raiffeisenlandesbank Vorarlberg, PR und Werbung. Stand: September 2020.
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BIZARRE<br />
SHAPES<br />
AND RARE<br />
BIRDS<br />
GUIDED HIKE TO ALPE GUES<br />
European Conservation<br />
Area Verwall
HIKE TO ALPE GUES<br />
BIZARRE<br />
SHAPES<br />
AND<br />
RARE<br />
BIRDS<br />
WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST MONIKA DÖNZ-BREUSS<br />
TAKES HIKERS TO ALPE GUES<br />
ONCE A WEEK
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The climate around the tree line is<br />
often very harsh. Most of the larches<br />
and arolla pines therefore grow into<br />
impressive, slanted and crookedly<br />
shaped trees with several treetops.<br />
Monika Dönz-Breuss<br />
Wildlife biologist<br />
Monika Dönz-Breuss is extremely familiar with Alpe<br />
Gues. After all, she basically lives right around the<br />
corner from it in Silbertal. She has been offering<br />
guided hikes for years now. “I want to pass on my<br />
knowledge to my fellow humans. It is of utmost importance to<br />
me to inspire both the visitors and the locals for our beautiful region<br />
and its fascinating fauna. And that works best on the ground.<br />
When we’re there, I explain why it’s important to preserve and provide<br />
refuges for nature and its inhabitants,” says the nature guide.<br />
Once a week, she takes a small group of people with her to Alpe<br />
Gues – a tour that provides fascinating insights into the local landscape<br />
and alpine economy. The way there is quite long, but is totally<br />
worth it: five hours of walking time lie ahead of the hikers.<br />
They need a good basic level of fitness, surefootedness and hiking<br />
boots that support the ankles. When it comes to bringing young<br />
children and dogs along, there are definitely better options. F
HIKE TO ALPE GUES<br />
FORMER ALPINE DAIRY FARM<br />
The participants can enjoy a vast panorama<br />
at their feet en route. The hike<br />
leads them past two small mountain<br />
lakes and repeatedly offers picturesque<br />
scenes that not only get the heart of every<br />
hobby photographer beating faster.<br />
It is at its most beautiful in autumn when<br />
the colours become more intense and the<br />
contrasts more defined.<br />
The destination of this hike is a former alpine<br />
dairy farm. Up until the 1950s, butter<br />
and the typical <strong>Montafon</strong> Sura Kees<br />
were produced here. Nowadays, around<br />
110 cows and their calves spend the summer<br />
here – including those of Monika and<br />
her family. “The <strong>Montafon</strong> would look<br />
totally different without the alpine economy.<br />
It would be characterised by large<br />
forest landscapes. Some of today’s specific<br />
habitat types wouldn’t even exist,”<br />
says Monika.
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BIZARRE SHAPES<br />
Another phenomena is strikingly obvious<br />
on this tour: Some of the trees<br />
look bizarre ... why is that? “The climate<br />
around the tree line is often very harsh.<br />
Most of the larches and arolla pines<br />
therefore grow into impressive, slanted<br />
and crookedly shaped trees with several<br />
treetops,” Monika reports. By the way:<br />
large populations of these tree species<br />
were cleared in many places in the Middle<br />
Ages. The upper section of the Silbertal<br />
is one of the few exceptions. F
HIKE TO ALPE GUES<br />
Verwall<br />
Area: 120 km 2<br />
Elevation: 1,160–2,912 m a.s.l.<br />
A PORTRAIT OF THE EUROPEAN CONSERVATION AREA VERWALL<br />
The Verwall is the largest European conservation or “Natura 2000” area in<br />
Vorarlberg. It encompasses 120 square kilometres – which makes it bigger<br />
than most of Austria’s national parks. An inhospitable climate, grass landscapes<br />
and a rocky terrain make up a harsh habitat for specialists: the alpine<br />
snow grouse has no trouble dealing with the winter, as you can already<br />
guess by the name. The dwarf willow, “the smallest tree in the world”, only<br />
emerges a few centimetres from the soil. The isolation and tranquillity of<br />
this area provide a refuge for endangered species of bird such as golden eagles,<br />
peregrine falcons and eagle owls, as well as other wild animals. Vorarlberg’s<br />
largest still contiguous forest of larch and arolla pine is situated in the<br />
upper Silbertal valley. The moor landscapes, for example the ones around<br />
the Gretsch and Fresch pastures are another special feature. This is where<br />
you can find the rare large cranberry.<br />
At 1,160 metres above sea level, the Gieslatobel is the lowest point of the<br />
Verwall and the Pflunspitze (2,912 metres) the highest. “A hike though<br />
the Verwall helps sharpen one’s awareness for the importance of an intact<br />
natural and cultural landscape,” Monika says. A “non-deterioration”<br />
rule applies to the European Conservation Area. That means: “The habitats<br />
and populations of a species such as that of the snow grouse must<br />
be preserved in the European Conservation Area. Every visitor can contribute<br />
to this rule by not leaving the paths, only riding their bike on<br />
marked routes and putting their dog on a leash.”
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HEIGHT<strong>EN</strong>ED PERCEPTION<br />
If the hikers are lucky enough to see a rare<br />
animal such as a golden eagle or a snow<br />
grouse, that’s great. But it’s not the most<br />
important thing, Monika says: “Either<br />
way, we can experience the habitat of the<br />
wild animals, get to know their needs and<br />
particularities and are thus a little more<br />
sensitised for our next hike.” The feedback<br />
from the visitors encourages her: “I<br />
keep hearing the regular guests say that<br />
they can now see the <strong>Montafon</strong> with different<br />
eyes. They are finally noticing the<br />
little peculiarities by the wayside, which<br />
they walked past many times before.” P<br />
Alpine snow grouse<br />
(Lagopus muta)<br />
The camouflage of the alpine<br />
snow grouse is perfectly adapted<br />
to the climate: white in the<br />
winter and grey-brown<br />
speckles in the summer.
HIKE TO ALPE GUES
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START<br />
Grasjoch Bahn<br />
Bergstation<br />
1.976 m<br />
Alpguesalpe<br />
Fredakopf<br />
2.256 m<br />
Scheimersch<br />
2.420 m<br />
Geisterspitz<br />
2.480 m<br />
Unterer<br />
Alpguessee<br />
Oberer<br />
Alpguessee<br />
Unterer Alpguessee<br />
2,045 m a.s.l.
HIKE TO ALPE GUES<br />
Dwarf willow<br />
(Salix herbacea)<br />
A dwarf willow usually grows to a<br />
maximum height of ten centimetres,<br />
mostly it’s even less than that. It is<br />
therefore considered to be the smallest<br />
tree in the world.
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every Friday<br />
probably from 02.07. to 01.10.<strong>2021</strong><br />
HIKE TO ALPE GUES<br />
GRASJOCH BAHN VALLEY STATION<br />
ST. GALL<strong>EN</strong>KIRCH<br />
BASIC<br />
INFORMATION<br />
Route: Grasjoch Bahn summit station – Wormser Höhenweg<br />
– Lake Alpe Gues – Alpe Gues – Grasjoch Bahn<br />
summit station<br />
Duration: approx. 6 hours (walking time: approx. 5 hours)<br />
Ascent and descent: approx. 708 vm<br />
Dining and refreshment option: Grasjoch Chalet<br />
Registration: by 8:00 pm on the day before<br />
Price: 20% discount with the <strong>Montafon</strong> Guest Card (be<br />
sure to bring your <strong>Montafon</strong> Guest Card). Free of charge<br />
for guests of BergePLUS partner establishments (<strong>Montafon</strong><br />
guest card with a BergePLUS label).<br />
Info: The hike takes place in cooperation with the<br />
nature conservation association Verwall-Klostertaler<br />
Bergwälder.<br />
INFORMATION<br />
AND BOOKING:<br />
T. +43 50 6686 // montafon.at/bergeplus
SILVRETTA-HOCHALP<strong>EN</strong>STRASSE<br />
Real mountains. Real experiences.
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COME<br />
FOR THE<br />
EXPERI<strong>EN</strong>CE<br />
ERLEBNISBERG GOLM<br />
Vandans
ERLEBNISBERG GOLM
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Erlebnisberg Golm<br />
654 m a.s.l. (Vandans)–<br />
2,124 m a.s.l. (Golmer Joch)<br />
COME<br />
FOR THE<br />
EXPERI<strong>EN</strong>CE<br />
GOLMI<br />
IN THE SUMMER, THE ERLEBNISBERG GOLM<br />
PRIMARILY DEFINES ITSELF THROUGH IT’S<br />
WIDE ARRAY OF RECREATION AND EXCURSION<br />
OPTIONS. EACH AND EVERY EXPERI<strong>EN</strong>CE<br />
AWAITING YOU HERE WILL BE PORTRAYED<br />
ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES.<br />
MATSCHWITZ<br />
GRÜNECK<br />
LATSCHAU<br />
VANDANS
ERLEBNISBERG GOLM<br />
FROM GRÜNECK TO MATSCHWITZ<br />
GOLMI’S<br />
FORSCHUNGSPFAD<br />
Golmi and Golmine are getting some support: From summer <strong>2021</strong>, the cute<br />
marmots will accompany you on the 3.5 kilometre-long Golmi’s Exploration Trail together<br />
with the ibexes Bocki and Rocki . After a short ascent on the Golmerbahn, numerous<br />
new attractions await the young researchers.<br />
The 21 stations of the themed trail on turning, pushing, pulling and pressing were reviewed<br />
in terms of their content and reconstructed. Amongst other things, the enlarged<br />
fountains are even more fun and the balancing course was complemented by a<br />
bouncy milk churn course. Before enjoying the spectacular ball track as the ultimate<br />
ending, you can take a souvenir photo at a photo point with Golmi and<br />
his friends. The contents of the individual stations are designed for children<br />
6 years of age and older but also provide interesting<br />
knowledge about the flora and fauna for groups of<br />
youths or school classes.<br />
GOLMINE<br />
FROM MATSCHWITZ TO LATSCHAU<br />
WALD-<br />
RUTSCH<strong>EN</strong>PARK-GOLM<br />
The largest of its kind in Europe<br />
Seven different slides and a 3 km-long hiking trail take you from Matschwitz to<br />
Latschau. The forest slides with a diameter of 80 cm shorten your trip into the valley and<br />
are a whole lot of downhill fun. The stainless steel slides are enclosed, so that you can still<br />
plan to a visit to Waldrutschenpark-Golm even in light rain or in the event of an uncertain<br />
weather forecast. The slides vary in length from 30 to 62 m and have a total<br />
combined length of 380 m. That makes the park Europe’s largest<br />
forest slide park.
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ALPINE-<br />
COASTER-GOLM<br />
Fasten your seatbelt and you’re set to go on the all-weather toboggan run at up<br />
to 40 km/h from Latschau to Vandans over more than 2,600 metres. On the way,<br />
44 exciting jumps, a spectacular 360° circle and 15 wild 180° hairpin bends provide<br />
plenty of variety. The drivers can determine the speed on the roughly 8-minute ride themselves.<br />
The Alpine-Coaster-Golm rail-bound toboggans are equipped with centrifugal brakes.<br />
The toboggans are automatically braked if speeds greater than 40 km/h are achieved.<br />
Moreover, all the toboggans are equipped with optimised seat shells and<br />
two safety belts.<br />
Children 3 years and older may ride along, those 8 years and older that<br />
are at least 1.40 metres tall may ride along unaccompanied and<br />
those 14 years and older can even bring someone along<br />
with them.<br />
FROM LATSCHAU TO VANDANS<br />
LATSCHAU<br />
WALD-<br />
SEILPARK-GOLM<br />
Vorarlberg’s largest climbing garden<br />
Put your skills to the test or make your first “attempts” in the trees on one of a total of<br />
eleven courses – up to 16 m above the ground. But never fear, you’re always on the safe<br />
side thanks to the climbing equipment provided to you on site. Wearing a helmet and safety<br />
harness, you will go through the safety training and practice course before heading off on<br />
a journey of discovery in the climbing park. No special prior knowledge is required<br />
for a visit to Waldseilpark-Golm. The courses are laid out for children, young<br />
people and adults in three degrees of difficulty.<br />
ROCKI
ERLEBNISBERG GOLM<br />
BOCKI<br />
LATSCHAU<br />
FLYING-<br />
FOX-GOLM<br />
The ultimate flight over the reservoir<br />
With the Flying-Fox-Golm, you “fly” – equipped with a safety harness and suspension device<br />
– over the Latschau reservoir attached to a 565 m-long steel cable. From the starting<br />
platform at Waldseilpark-Golm to the landing platform at Alpine-Coaster-Golm, you’ll traverse<br />
an elevation difference of 47.5 metres with the steel cable slide. And all this<br />
at an incline of approx. 8.4 degrees! Speeds of up to 70 km/h make this enormous<br />
Flying-Fox-Golm an absolute adrenaline kick. For safety reasons,<br />
you must weigh at least 25 kg to use the Flying-Fox-Golm.<br />
The weight limit is 110 kg.<br />
GAUERTAL<br />
ALPKULTOUR<br />
Where nature and culture blend<br />
What makes this hike a unique experience is not only the breathtaking view of the imposing<br />
mountain scenery of the Rätikon, but also the wooden sculptures designed by local artist<br />
Roland Haas. At a total of 13 locations, works of art provide exciting insights into the lives<br />
of the shepherds and the centuries-old <strong>Montafon</strong> Maisäß and alpine pasture tradition. This<br />
themed trail, awarded the Austrian hiking seal of quality, is approx. 13 kilometres long<br />
and is suitable for the whole family, despite the walking time of four to<br />
five hours. Dining and refreshment options:<br />
Berghof Golm, Lindauer Chalet, Gauertalhaus or<br />
Gasthaus Matschwitz<br />
GRÜNECK | MATSCHWITZ | LATSCHAU<br />
Did you know that Golm<br />
Silvretta Lünersee Tourismus<br />
GmbH was named the<br />
first climate-neutral cable<br />
car in Austria in 2018? The<br />
company is constantly lowering<br />
its CO 2<br />
emissions and<br />
compensates for the remaining<br />
emissions through the<br />
active support of high-quality,<br />
certified climate protection<br />
projects.<br />
Continue reading on page 63<br />
More information on the Golm family paradise in the <strong>Montafon</strong>
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03<br />
THE FOREST<br />
AS A SOURCE<br />
OF POWER<br />
GUIDED HIKES: FOREST BATHING<br />
Gargellen
FOREST BATHING IN GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
THE FOREST<br />
AS A SOURCE<br />
OF POWER<br />
BY ANNA, 31, BERGEPLUS GUEST
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A<br />
group of people, a mystical forest and a trained<br />
nature guide. Gerlinde Manz-Christ accompanies<br />
those in search of some calm while forest<br />
bathing in Gargellen. Her goal is to convey<br />
the healing properties of nature and provide the participants<br />
with a technique to calm themselves down in<br />
stressful everyday situations and have an easier time facing<br />
challenges.<br />
FOREST BATHING WITHOUT A BATHING COSTUME<br />
Managing a stressful job, a family and a career, not forgetting<br />
to also tend to your friends and relatives and at<br />
the same time taking perfect care of your diet and figure.<br />
Many people will be familiar with these and other similar<br />
issues. I also have this everyday hassle and decided to<br />
do something about it. What? A tour for forest bathing in<br />
Gargellen. Why? Because nature recharges my batteries<br />
and I can unwind there.<br />
In the morning, I’ll be meeting up with several likeminded<br />
people and our tour guide Gerlinde Manz-Christ<br />
at the Bergbahnen Gargellen valley station. We soon find<br />
out that forest bathing has nothing to do with bathing or<br />
swimming in the traditional sense, but rather with immersing<br />
yourself in the forest atmosphere and experiencing<br />
it with all of your senses. That forest bathing happens<br />
at a much slower pace than hiking and that we’re now allowed<br />
to revert to our childhood for a few hours, displaying<br />
a curious and open mind. After that, we form a circle,<br />
switch off our mobile phones and let go. F
FOREST BATHING IN GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
A WORRY STONE<br />
I WON’T BE NEEDING ANYMORE<br />
The tour starts at the Suggadinbach stream. At the entrance<br />
to the Gargellen mountain forest, everybody<br />
can choose a stone and pass all their worries and<br />
dark thoughts on to it. We then place the stone on the<br />
ground at the edge of the forest, leaving all our worries<br />
outside and then very formally enter the forest through<br />
an actual gateway.<br />
here and now. And I can feel myself relaxing. After that,<br />
we walk through the Vergaldner Forest barefoot, cross<br />
an icy stream and end up in a small clearing. Here, we<br />
are left to do whatever we want. I just sit there and enjoy<br />
the moment like a child.<br />
Gerlinde tells us about the forest ecosystem, flowers<br />
and medicinal herbs, and lets us know that we’ve just<br />
set foot in the plants’ and animals’ living room. She<br />
makes us feel awestruck and treat the surroundings<br />
with due respect.<br />
And now we finally start the actual forest bathing. Various<br />
awareness and perception exercises help us experience<br />
the forest with all of our five senses. I can really<br />
feel how I’m being grounded. How I’m arriving in the
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Gargellen<br />
1,423 m a.s.l.<br />
Nature gives you peace,<br />
strength, serenity<br />
and new perspectives.<br />
Gerlinde Manz-Christ<br />
Nature’s diplomat<br />
A M<strong>EN</strong>TAL PICTURE TO<br />
BETTER MANAGE STRESSFUL SITUATIONS<br />
Gerlinde has two major concerns on this tour. On the<br />
one hand, she wants to familiarise us with nature. And<br />
on the other, she wants to provide us all with a tool to<br />
stay calm in stressful situations. It definitely worked for<br />
me. The view of the forest became deeply ingrained in<br />
my brain, with all its colours, the rays of sunshine and its<br />
shapes. I will think of it in future when I’m in a rage. I’ll<br />
take a deep breath, envision the picture of the forest and<br />
then calm down.<br />
Finally, we all craft something from the things around us<br />
as a way to thank the forest. Then we purposefully exit<br />
the forest. We arrive at the valley station 15 minutes later.<br />
We say our goodbyes to Gerlinde and I let her know<br />
right away that I already feel like a whole new person after<br />
the past five hours. F
FOREST BATHING IN GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
Gerlinde Manz-Christ (60) is a trained hiking and nature guide as<br />
well as a certified health adviser. She can also look back on a life filled<br />
with experiences. She shares with us what forest bathing has to do<br />
with Japan, what her grandfather taught her and what makes her<br />
new book so special.
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QUESTIONS FOR<br />
GERLINDE MANZ-CHRIST<br />
A KNOWLEDGEABLE WOMAN<br />
WITH AN INCREDIBLE WEALTH OF EXPERI<strong>EN</strong>CE.<br />
WHY IS EVERONE TALKING ABOUT FOREST<br />
BATHING THESE DAYS AND WHAT DOES IT<br />
REALLY MEAN?<br />
Forest bathing entails immersing yourself in the atmosphere<br />
of the forest and perceiving it with all of<br />
your five senses. I was lucky enough to have come into<br />
contact with it in Japan in the 1980s. Forest bathing<br />
is used there for medicinal purposes. It helps you relax,<br />
unwind and recharge your batteries. We are currently<br />
living in very stressful times, and many people<br />
yearn for more tranquillity and a slower pace of life.<br />
WHAT DOES YOUR GRANDFATHER<br />
HAVE TO DO WITH FOREST BATHING?<br />
“ARRIVE. BREATHE. AND REDISCOVER YOUR-<br />
SELF BY PRACTISING ON<strong>EN</strong>ESS WITH NA-<br />
TURE”– THIS IS THE TITLE OF YOUR NEW<br />
BOOK. WHAT IS IT ABOUT?<br />
It is about the way nature helps you simplify your life.<br />
Not only at work, but also in your private life. I explain<br />
how it’s possible to draw serenity, strength and<br />
equanimity from nature itself. Personal stories, very<br />
specific tips and 36 pictures of nature help the reader<br />
envision a forest bath. And thus arrive in the here and<br />
now, and breathe.<br />
Thank you very much, Gerlinde!<br />
As a child, I spent every spare minute at my grandparents’<br />
house in Schruns. My grandfather taught me<br />
to be mindful when interacting with nature. He showed<br />
me the treasures of the forest and played with me here.<br />
This is exactly what I try to pass on to my participants:<br />
tapping into a child-like presence in the forest, being<br />
open and enthusiastic in its purest meaning.<br />
FOREST BATHING IN GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
every Thursday<br />
probably from 01.07. to 30.09.<strong>2021</strong><br />
BASIC<br />
TICKET HALL, BERGBAHN<strong>EN</strong> GARGELL<strong>EN</strong> VALLEY STATION<br />
INFORMATION<br />
Route: Bergbahnen Gargellen valley station – Suggadinbach – Bachmann and Bradabella<br />
hotels – Gargellen window path – along the Juliusruhe – Vergaldner Forest –<br />
Vergalden – long barn – Gargellen tourist information<br />
Duration: approx. 5 hours (walking time: approx. 2.5 hours)<br />
Ascent and descent: approx. 200 vm<br />
Dining and refreshment options: none on this tour<br />
Registration: by 8.00 pm on the day before<br />
Price: 20% discount with the <strong>Montafon</strong> Guest Card (be sure to bring your <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
Guest Card). Free of charge for guests of BergePLUS partner establishments<br />
(<strong>Montafon</strong> guest card with a BergePLUS label)<br />
INFORMATION<br />
AND BOOKING:<br />
T. +43 50 6686 // montafon.at/bergeplus
VERGALDNER WÄLDLE, GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
Real mountains. Real experiences.
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04<br />
CONQUER<br />
THE SUMMIT<br />
WITH AN<br />
E-BIKE AND<br />
HIKING BOOTS<br />
GUIDED E-BIKE AND HIKE TOUR<br />
Muttjöchle, Verwall
E-BIKE & HIKE TOUR UP THE MUTTJÖCHLE<br />
CONQUER<br />
THE SUMMIT<br />
WITH AN E-BIKE<br />
AND HIKING BOOTS<br />
BY LINA, 29, BERGEPLUS GUEST
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Muttjöchle<br />
2,074 m a.s.l.<br />
A<br />
copper kettle, complete silence<br />
and impressive views<br />
of the mountains. All this<br />
and much more is what the<br />
e-mountain bike & hike tour up the<br />
Muttjöchle has to offer. Sports enthusiasts<br />
reach their destination at 2,074 metres<br />
above sea level on the e-bike and on<br />
foot and return with many impressions<br />
and a proper dose of pride. F
E-BIKE & HIKE TOUR UP THE MUTTJÖCHLE<br />
CONQUER THE MUTTJÖCHLE WITH BIKE GUIDE MARKUS<br />
1,500 vertical metres to overcome. The destination is at 2,074 metres<br />
above sea level. How is that supposed to work? This becomes possible<br />
in the <strong>Montafon</strong> on an e-mountain bike & hike tour. What makes it so<br />
special? First, you ride up many vertical metres on your e-bike, thus accomplishing<br />
a fair amount of the overall distance. Then you go on an easy hike<br />
to reach the destination. On this tour, it’s the Muttjöchle in the Silbertal.<br />
But let’s start at the beginning. My group and I meet up with bike<br />
guide Markus Fessler-Jenny at 9.30 am at the Aktivpark <strong>Montafon</strong> in<br />
Schruns-Tschagguns. Those who don’t own an e-bike, like me, can rent<br />
one from the local sports retailers. Then we all introduce ourselves and<br />
complete some brief technical training on the e-bike. I learn how to handle<br />
the bike properly, how to correctly set off uphill and whatever else I<br />
need to pay attention to.<br />
And then we’re off. We ride to the Silbertal together. Markus tells us<br />
about the mining that used to take place here centuries ago. And how<br />
it influenced the culture and language of the <strong>Montafon</strong>. From there, we<br />
continue towards the Wasserstubental. Suddenly something in me shifts<br />
and I sense I’m not the only one. Everything quiets down inside and<br />
around us. The valley opens up along the river and the only thing I can<br />
hear is nature. The deceleration sets in and I calm down.<br />
SILBERTAL<br />
The route leads to the Lower and the Upper Wasserstubenalpe. This<br />
is where alpine dairyman Hans invites us in for a short break to have a<br />
drink. On the way back, we’ll stop by for a decent snack. F<br />
SCHRUNS<br />
START<br />
Aktivpark <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
Tschagguns
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SATTELKOPF<br />
1.841 m<br />
BERGRESTAURANT<br />
SONN<strong>EN</strong>KOPF<br />
MUTTJÖCHLE<br />
2.074 m<br />
OBERE<br />
WASSERSTUB<strong>EN</strong>ALPE<br />
Wildried<br />
Hochmoor<br />
HOCHJOCH<br />
2.520 m
E-BIKE & HIKE TOUR UP THE MUTTJÖCHLE<br />
A SUMMIT CROSS<br />
WITH A 360-DEGREE VIEW<br />
Then we head on to the Sonnenkopf Bahn<br />
summit station where we park our e-bikes.<br />
This is where the hiking part of the tour begins.<br />
We hike all the way up to the summit of<br />
the Muttjöchle on foot. It takes about an hour.<br />
Beautifully hilly, going up and down, and only<br />
the last part leading up to the summit cross is<br />
really steep. But we are sufficiently rewarded.<br />
The view is simply stunning. The phenomenal<br />
all-round view features the mountains of<br />
the Rätikon, Verwall and Silvretta as well as<br />
the Lechtal Alps. I feel both gigantic and miniscule<br />
up here. Gigantic because I made it all<br />
the way up here and miniscule because of the<br />
massive mountain landscape surrounding me.
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COPPER KETTLE AND<br />
MONTAFON SURA KEES<br />
After a nice break, we head back to our starting<br />
point. Markus shows us how to go downhill<br />
correctly on our e-bikes. After such good<br />
coaching, I gladly ride back to the Upper Wasserstubenalpe.<br />
Hans is already waiting with a<br />
wonderful snack. <strong>Montafon</strong> Sura Kees, which<br />
is made here on the alpine pasture, bacon,<br />
slices of bread with butter, fresh milk and buttermilk.<br />
And even hard liquor is offered to finish<br />
with. Before we leave, we all get to catch<br />
a glimpse of the copper kettle in which the<br />
famous Sura Kees is produced. I am blown<br />
away, not only by the taste of the cheese, but<br />
also by the kindness of the alpine dairyman<br />
and of course also by my own achievements<br />
so far.<br />
Perfectly fortified and happy, we start the<br />
descent. The path leads us back out into the<br />
valley and to our starting point. Markus is an<br />
authentic guide who guided us safely along<br />
the way and has extensive knowledge of the<br />
history, flora and fauna, and the surroundings.<br />
My conclusion: I’m extremely proud of<br />
and very happy with myself. Because I’ve just<br />
completed a seven-hour tour, travelled a total<br />
of 44 kilometres and conquered 1,500 vertical<br />
metres. I enjoyed the most incredible views,<br />
found complete peace in myself and fuelled<br />
my lungs with so much fresh air for the first<br />
time in ages. P
E-BIKE & HIKE TOUR UP THE MUTTJÖCHLE<br />
4 QUESTIONS FOR<br />
HANS SCHULER<br />
HOW IS LIFE UP BY<br />
THE ALPINE PASTURES<br />
It is a life in and with nature. Life here is<br />
wonderful. We live in quite a confined space<br />
and there is no television, just a radio. The<br />
alpine pasture is located some distance<br />
away in a beautiful valley basin. But it is<br />
close enough to the Sonnenkopf for many<br />
mountain bikers and hikers to pass by. We<br />
go with time here and not against it. And we<br />
pass that on to the cows. Because there are<br />
times when they don’t even come close to a<br />
barn for five weeks. They are even milked on<br />
the pasture. And are only fed with grass and<br />
hay. I’m convinced that it’s possible to taste<br />
this tranquillity and this natural approach<br />
to things in the milk and the Sura Kees.<br />
WHAT IS SO SPECIAL<br />
ABOUT THE WASSERSTUB<strong>EN</strong>ALPE?<br />
The Lower and the Upper Wasserstubenalpe<br />
belong together, but only the upper one is<br />
farmed. Namely from the middle of June<br />
until the middle of September. The Wasserstubenalpe<br />
is a typical <strong>Montafon</strong> alpine pasture<br />
that specialises in the art of producing<br />
“Sura Kees”. We are located at 1,734 metres<br />
above sea level in the Silbertal and cultivate<br />
approximately 120 acres of pasture. We<br />
have dairy cows, breeding cows, calves, cattle<br />
and alpine pigs. Last summer, we produced<br />
3,500 kilos of <strong>Montafon</strong> Sura Kees<br />
and 1,400 kilos of <strong>Montafon</strong> alpine butter<br />
from 35,000 litres of milk. And managed to<br />
sell all of it by the end of September.<br />
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT<br />
PRODUCING SURA KEES?<br />
Well, Sura Kees is a low-fat cheese that is<br />
slightly sour but mild. It is very healthy and<br />
can be used in multiple ways. Making it is<br />
an easy process. After milking the cow, the<br />
milk is separated into cream and skimmed<br />
milk in a centrifuge. The skimmed milk is<br />
refrigerated and then heated to 28 degrees<br />
Celsius in a copper kettle and soured with<br />
a bacterial culture. Twelve hours later, the<br />
cheese curd is cut and another two hours<br />
later it is extracted from the kettle and put<br />
into moulds. Within the next twelve hours,<br />
it has to be salted and then it’s already<br />
ready to be bought and consumed.<br />
HOW DO YOU SP<strong>EN</strong>D YOUR TIME<br />
DURING THE WINTER MONTHS<br />
Most people are curious about that (laughs).<br />
That’s when I work as a snow groomer<br />
driver on the Golm. I enjoy the snow and<br />
look forward to the next summer on the alpine<br />
pasture.<br />
Thank you very much, Hans!<br />
Warm, authentic and strong as a bear. That’s how the alpine dairyman<br />
Hans (Johannes) Schuler is often described. What is life like as<br />
an alpine dairyman, what is so special about the Wasserstubenalpe,<br />
how is Sura Kees produced and what does he spend his time doing in<br />
the winter? He was happy to answer all of these questions.
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E-BIKE & HIKE TOUR<br />
UP THE MUTTJÖCHLE<br />
BASIC<br />
every Saturday<br />
probably from 15.06. to 30.10.<strong>2021</strong><br />
AKTIVPARK MONTAFON, SCHRUNS-TSCHAGGUNS<br />
INFORMATION<br />
Route: Aktivpark <strong>Montafon</strong> – Kristbergbahn Silbertal<br />
valley station – Gasthaus Fellimännle – Lower Wasserstubenalpe<br />
– Upper Wasserstubenalpe – Sonnenkopf<br />
Bahn summit station – hike up to the Muttjöchle summit<br />
– same way back<br />
Duration: approx. 7 hrs (cycling time: approx. 4 hrs,<br />
walking time: approx. 2 hrs)<br />
Ascent and descent: approx. 1,500 vm<br />
Dining and refreshment options: Hasahüsli, Alpengasthaus<br />
Fellimännle, Upper Wasserstubenalpe<br />
Registration: by 8.00 pm on the day before<br />
Price: 20% discount with the <strong>Montafon</strong> Guest Card (be sure<br />
to bring your <strong>Montafon</strong> Guest Card). Free of charge for guests<br />
of BergePLUS partner establishments (<strong>Montafon</strong> guest<br />
card with a BergePLUS label).<br />
INFORMATION<br />
AND BOOKING:<br />
T. +43 50 6686 // montafon.at/bergeplus
LÜNERSEE<br />
Real mountains. Real experiences.
PR<br />
46 47<br />
Premium 8/35/83/17<br />
05<br />
WELL<br />
SECURED<br />
MOUNTAIN<br />
ADV<strong>EN</strong>TURES<br />
VIA FERRATAS IN THE MONTAFON<br />
Verwall–Rätikon–Silvretta
VIA FERRATAS IN THE MONTAFON<br />
WELL SECURED<br />
MOUNTAIN ADV<strong>EN</strong>TURES<br />
BergePLUS 82/25/100/9<br />
PREMIUM BASIS<br />
Those looking for via ferratas<br />
have come to the right place:<br />
the <strong>Montafon</strong>. Beginners and<br />
advanced climbers will be<br />
thrilled to find the perfect terrain here.<br />
They can choose from 24 via ferratas and<br />
all kinds of different mountain ranges. In<br />
the Rätikon, Verwall and Silvretta, variety<br />
is guaranteed and ranges from waterfalls<br />
to the dark Gauablickhöhle cave<br />
to the dam at the Silvretta reservoir. The<br />
types of rock vary between bedrock and<br />
shiny white limestone cliffs. Our tip: An<br />
experienced guide makes the via ferrata<br />
experience even more personal and safe.<br />
FASCINATION<br />
Hansjörg Kasper is one of the local experts.<br />
He was personally involved in the<br />
construction of six via ferratas. So he<br />
knows the medium-difficulty loop tour<br />
(C/D) up the Gargellner Köpfe like the<br />
back of his hand. “Apart from the fun<br />
of moving, it fascinates me to always be<br />
able to try out something new,” the nationally<br />
certified mountain and skiing<br />
Premium guide 8/35/83/17<br />
tells us. The starting point is at the<br />
Bergbahnen Gargellen. The tour takes<br />
three hours including the ascent and descent,<br />
the climbing itself only lasts about<br />
1.5 hours.
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TWO TRAILS, ONE DESTINATION<br />
Right at the start of the tour, you really<br />
need some stamina: “‘Give your all’ is the<br />
motto for the first 30 to 40 metres. But<br />
it’s definitely worth it,” says Hansjörg.<br />
The climbers enjoy the vast view into<br />
the valley and of the Rätikon and Verwall<br />
mountains. The path leads across<br />
slanted columns of rock to a fork. Here,<br />
you can choose between two options:<br />
the easier C-version leads off to the left<br />
and the more advanced D-version to the<br />
right. The latter includes the crossing of<br />
two rope bridges. A moment that guarantees<br />
a rush of adrenalin.<br />
Both routes include a ridge leading to the<br />
summit – and a beautiful view of Gargellen’s<br />
local mountain Madrisa, the Silvretta<br />
massif and the Swiss mountains.<br />
This adventure takes you up to lofty<br />
heights of 2,482 metres above sea level.<br />
For comparison purposes: the Schafberghüsli<br />
at the summit station is located<br />
360 vertical metres lower.<br />
BEING OUT AND ABOUT IN SMALL<br />
GROUPS IS MUCH SAFER<br />
“Always be careful with the iron footholds,<br />
but also the natural footholds,”<br />
Hansjörg instructs the participants of<br />
the tour up the Gargellner Köpfe. Either<br />
way, everybody is perfectly secured at all<br />
times. It is also important to him for everybody<br />
to know how best to handle the<br />
via ferrata set. The expert is particularly<br />
attentive to beginners at climbing. He always<br />
carries an additional rope with him<br />
for this purpose: “I use it to add some<br />
more support on potentially difficult<br />
stretches.” The participants of the tour<br />
are limited to a maximum of six people.<br />
“It is definitely recommended to be free<br />
of vertigo and have a good basic level of<br />
fitness,” he emphasises. Then there will<br />
be no limits to the fun on the via ferrata,<br />
which is located just a few kilometres<br />
from Switzerland. P<br />
Via ferrata<br />
Gargellner Köpfe<br />
Degree of difficulty C and D<br />
(mostly B/C)
ledge<br />
sind B/C crossing<br />
short ridge<br />
hier Programm. Aber Vorsicht, B die Seilbrücken sind jeweils nur einzeln<br />
B<br />
B steep<br />
wall 2 rope bridges<br />
zu begehen! A/B Die leichtere Route D<br />
Schmugglerwand<br />
steep<br />
B/C<br />
B<br />
ist auch für Einsteiger geeignet, die<br />
(smugglers‘ wall)<br />
wall<br />
schwierigere Variante verlangt<br />
B/C<br />
very steep<br />
ledge<br />
B/C<br />
schon etwas Erfahrung, etwas mehr<br />
crossing<br />
B<br />
clamps VAUDE Klettersteig Gargellner Köpfe<br />
Kraft und auf den BSeilbrücken eine Portion Unerschrockenheit.<br />
Gargellen<br />
Beide at 2,310m<br />
B<br />
A/B steep<br />
Routen verlangen wall jedoch Klettersteigerfahrung.<br />
B<br />
er VAUDE Klettersteig Gargellner Köpfe ist ein landschaftlich sehr schöner Steig,<br />
Ascent from the Bergbahnen<br />
er auf einen richtigen Gipfel mit lohnendem Aus- und Rundblick führt. unmarked<br />
Gargellen summit station<br />
emergency exit<br />
ogischer Verlauf, beste Sicherungen und fest gespannte Dreiseilbrücken<br />
ind hier Programm. Aber Vorsicht, die Seilbrücken sind jeweils nur einzeln<br />
u begehen! Die leichtere Route ist auch für Einsteiger geeignet, die<br />
chwierigere Variante verlangt schon etwas Erfahrung, etwas mehr<br />
raft und auf den Seilbrücken eine Portion Unerschrockenheit.<br />
nt<br />
eide Routen verlangen jedoch Klettersteigerfahrung.<br />
unmarked<br />
Degree of difficulty<br />
emergency exit<br />
B<br />
A<br />
A/B<br />
distance marker<br />
at 2,310m<br />
C<br />
C<br />
B<br />
Grat Grat<br />
A<br />
Alignment<br />
A/B<br />
mostly A/BB<br />
Degree 45 B min. of difficulty1,5 Ascent h<br />
unmarkierter NE<br />
B<br />
erere<br />
Notausstieg<br />
Variante mit A Seilbrücken<br />
A<br />
CB/C<br />
luftige Querung<br />
B Degree of difficulty Ascent<br />
B<br />
mit Climbing Bügeln time<br />
mostly B 45 min.<br />
B/C<br />
GmbH, Jänner <strong>2021</strong><br />
steep<br />
B/C<br />
falt und nach schwerere Variante D mit Seilbrücken<br />
kurzer wall<br />
Grat<br />
Für Fehler, Auslassungen<br />
B<br />
aben wird nicht gehaftet.<br />
B<br />
steile<br />
ww.grafikzloebl.at<br />
Wand mostly 2 B/C<br />
Seilbrücken Degree 45 min. of difficulty<br />
B/C D<br />
Schmugglerwand 2 Ascent h<br />
B/C<br />
B<br />
sehr steil<br />
© <strong>Montafon</strong> Tourismus GmbH, Jänner <strong>2021</strong><br />
B/C<br />
Mit größtmöglicher Sorgfalt und Absatz nach<br />
B/C ledge D<br />
B<br />
bestem Wissen erstellt. Für Fehler, Auslassungen Querung<br />
B/C<br />
oder unvollständige Angaben wird nicht gehaftet.<br />
B<br />
Grafische Umsetzung: www.grafikzloebl.at<br />
mostly B/C 45 min.<br />
A/B<br />
Zustieg von Bergstation<br />
Bergbahnen Gargellen<br />
C<br />
C<br />
Einstiegstafel<br />
2.310 m<br />
B/C<br />
VIA FERRATAS IN THE MONTAFON<br />
distance marker<br />
TOPOGRAPHY<br />
rom the Bergbahnen<br />
unmarked<br />
n summit Gargellner station Köpfe via ferrata clamps emergency exit<br />
distance marker<br />
at 2,310m<br />
C<br />
C<br />
C<br />
steile<br />
Wand<br />
C<br />
C<br />
Bügel<br />
B<br />
B<br />
Ascent<br />
Climbing time<br />
unmarkierter<br />
Notausstieg<br />
B<br />
steep<br />
wall<br />
ridge<br />
A/B<br />
B<br />
A<br />
2 rope Hmbridges<br />
B<br />
clamps<br />
crossing<br />
B<br />
B/C<br />
ridge<br />
B<br />
B/C<br />
A<br />
D<br />
B<br />
A/B<br />
Descent Vertical metres Distance Body height Securing<br />
Grat<br />
A/B<br />
A<br />
Ausgangspunkt: Bergstation Bergbahnen Gargellen<br />
B/C<br />
Hm<br />
A<br />
A Grat<br />
exposed crossing<br />
A/B<br />
with clamps<br />
150 cm B/C<br />
B<br />
m<br />
B<br />
short ridge<br />
A<br />
Gargellner Köpfe 2.482 m<br />
Schmugglerwand<br />
150 (smugglers‘ cm wall)<br />
and up<br />
very steep<br />
A/B<br />
Kristallwandm<br />
Abstieg südseitig<br />
steile<br />
zur Bergstation<br />
45 Climbing min. time 220 Descent m Wand<br />
Vertical 520 mmetres Distance very Body good height<br />
Bergbahnen<br />
Securing<br />
B/C<br />
and up<br />
Gargellen<br />
Grat<br />
Hm<br />
Descent Vertical metres Distance Body height Securing<br />
1,5 h 45 min. 220 m 520 m 150 cm<br />
Avery good<br />
and up<br />
m<br />
45 Climbing min. time 220 Descent m Vertical 520 mmetres Distance very Body good height Securing<br />
2 h<br />
Hm<br />
45 min. 220 m 520 m 150 cm very good<br />
and up<br />
m<br />
A<br />
B/C<br />
G<br />
Ascent from the Bergbahnen<br />
Gargellen summit station<br />
unmarked<br />
emergency exit<br />
Easy to difficult<br />
version without<br />
rope bridges<br />
Degree of difficulty<br />
C<br />
mostly B<br />
Ascent<br />
45 min.<br />
Climbing time<br />
1,5 h<br />
Descent Vertical metres Distance Body height Securing<br />
Hm<br />
45 min. 220 m 520 m 150 cm very good<br />
and up<br />
m<br />
Difficult to<br />
very difficult<br />
version with<br />
rope bridges<br />
Alignment<br />
Degree of difficulty<br />
D<br />
mostly B/C<br />
Ascent<br />
45 min.<br />
Climbing time<br />
2 h<br />
Descent Vertical metres Distance Body height Securing<br />
Hm<br />
45 min. 220 m 520 m 150 cm very good<br />
and up<br />
m
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argellner Köpfe 2.482 m<br />
A<br />
ridge<br />
A<br />
Kristallwand<br />
steep<br />
wall<br />
A<br />
ridge<br />
A/B<br />
B<br />
B/C<br />
South-facing<br />
descent to the<br />
Bergbahnen<br />
Gargellen<br />
summit<br />
ridge<br />
station<br />
A<br />
Crossing<br />
rope bridges ensures<br />
pure thrills.<br />
Hansjörg Kasper<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> Mountain Guide<br />
EXCERPT<br />
FROM THE<br />
VIA FERRATA<br />
BROCHURE<br />
FOR <strong>2021</strong><br />
VIA FERRATA<br />
GARGELLNER KÖPFE<br />
every Friday<br />
probably from 18.06. to 01.10.<strong>2021</strong><br />
A<br />
EASY<br />
SKILLS: Surefootedness and a head for heights<br />
are recommended<br />
BERGBAHN<strong>EN</strong> GARGELL<strong>EN</strong> VALLEY STATION<br />
B<br />
C<br />
D<br />
E<br />
MODERATELY<br />
DIFFICULT<br />
DIFFICULT<br />
VERY<br />
DIFFICULT<br />
EXTREMELY<br />
DIFFICULT<br />
SKILLS: Surefootedness and a head for heights, good physical<br />
fitness, some strength and endurance in the arms and legs<br />
SKILLS: Surefootedness and a head for heights, good physical<br />
fitness, strength and endurance in the arms and legs<br />
SKILLS: Sufficient strength in the arms and legs due to possible longer<br />
vertical or overhanging stretches and smaller climbing sections<br />
SKILLS: A lot of strength in the hands (fingers), arms and legs,<br />
increased level of physical fitness, mobility<br />
INFORMATION<br />
Duration: 4 to 6 hrs. (walking time: depending on choice<br />
of route as well as start and destination points)<br />
Vertical metres: 450 vm<br />
Registration: by 4.00 pm on Wednesday<br />
Price: €100.00 per person (valid for 4 or more p.)<br />
INFORMATION<br />
AND BOOKING:<br />
montafoner-bergfuehrer.at
AS DIFFER<strong>EN</strong>T AS THE THREE MONTAFON<br />
MOUNTAIN RANGES MAY BE, THERE’S EV<strong>EN</strong> MORE<br />
VARIETY IN THE VIA FERRATA OPTIONS<br />
NEW<br />
FROM SUMMER<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
“VIA FERRATAS<br />
IN THE MONTAFON”<br />
FROM SUMMER <strong>2021</strong><br />
The comprehensive<br />
via ferrata brochure is<br />
available from all<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> tourist<br />
information offices.<br />
RÄTIKON<br />
Latschau (B) – from 130 cm*<br />
Partnunblick (B) – from 130 cm*<br />
Röbischlucht (B/C) – from 140 cm*<br />
Kellenegg (C) – from 140 cm*<br />
Gauablickhöhle (C)<br />
Gargellner Köpfe (C) – from 150 cm*<br />
Rongg (C) – from 150 cm*<br />
Saulakopf (C/D)<br />
Drusenfluh (C/D)<br />
Sulzfluh (C/D)<br />
Gargellner Köpfe (D) – from 150 cm*<br />
Partnunblick (D/E) – from 150 cm*<br />
Lünersee (E)<br />
*MINIMUM HEIGHT<br />
(recommended by <strong>Montafon</strong> mountain guides)
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VERWALL<br />
Kälbersee (A–D) – from 130 cm*<br />
Rifa (A/B–C) –from 140 cm*<br />
St. Anton i. M. (C) – from 150 cm*<br />
Hochjoch (C)<br />
BLUD<strong>EN</strong>Z<br />
Fallbach (C/D)<br />
Fallbach<br />
C/D<br />
*MINIMUM HEIGHT<br />
(recommended by <strong>Montafon</strong> mountain guides)<br />
St. Anton i. M.<br />
C<br />
Kellenegg<br />
C<br />
SCHRUNS<br />
Saulakopf<br />
Lünersee<br />
E<br />
C/D<br />
Latschau<br />
B<br />
Hochjoch<br />
Kälbersee<br />
C<br />
A-D<br />
C/D<br />
Drusenfluh<br />
C/D<br />
Sulzfluh | Gauablickhöhle<br />
C<br />
ST. GALL<strong>EN</strong>KIRCH<br />
Partnunblick<br />
B<br />
D/E<br />
Rifa<br />
A/B–C<br />
C<br />
Rongg | Röbischlucht<br />
B/C<br />
Burg<br />
A/B<br />
Gargellner Köpfe<br />
C<br />
D<br />
Madrisella<br />
C/D<br />
PART<strong>EN</strong><strong>EN</strong><br />
Little Ballun<br />
B<br />
Ballunspitze<br />
C/D<br />
Gorfenspitze<br />
A<br />
SILVRETTA<br />
Gorfenspitze (A) – from 120 cm*<br />
Silvrettasee B<br />
Kleinlitzner B/C<br />
Burg (A/B) – from 140 cm*<br />
Silvrettasee (B) – from 140 cm*<br />
Little Ballun (B) – from 130 cm*<br />
Kleinlitzner (B/C)<br />
Madrisella (C/D)<br />
Ballunspitze (C/D)<br />
*MINIMUM HEIGHT<br />
(recommended by <strong>Montafon</strong> mountain guides)
VIA FERRATAS IN THE MONTAFON<br />
Madrisella
54 55<br />
Hochjoch<br />
Röbischlucht
St. Anton im <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
For more information, visit montafon.at/klettern
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06<br />
FASCINATION<br />
ETERNAL ICE<br />
GUIDED GLACIER HIKE<br />
Silvretta-Bielerhöhe
GLACIER HIKE<br />
PREMIUM<br />
FASCINATION<br />
ETERNAL ICE<br />
Premium 8/35/83/17<br />
A GUIDED HIKE IN THE BLUE SILVRETTA THAT IS AVAILABLE<br />
TO (ALMOST) ALL MOUNTAIN RIGHT AROUND <strong>EN</strong>THUSIASTS:<br />
THE VERMUNT GLACIER, THE PARTICIPANTS TAKE<br />
THEIR FIRST STEPS ON SHIMMERING BLUE GLACIAL ICE.
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START<br />
BIELERHÖHE<br />
Vermunt glacier<br />
2,750 m a.s.l.<br />
WIESBAD<strong>EN</strong>ER<br />
HÜTTE 2.443 m<br />
VERMUNT-<br />
KOPF 2.851 m<br />
PIZ BUIN<br />
3.312 m<br />
A<br />
small group of mountaineers<br />
is en route at the foot of<br />
Vorarlberg’s highest mountain,<br />
Piz Buin. Jonny Marinac,<br />
who works mainly as a mountain and ski<br />
guide, calls this tour an “informative glacier<br />
hike with a mountain guide”. Last<br />
summer, it was booked out very quickly.<br />
It is not necessary to have glacier or alpine<br />
experience or a head for heights,<br />
you only need to be fit enough to walk<br />
for six to seven hours. F
GLACIER HIKE<br />
GLACIAL ADV<strong>EN</strong>TURE<br />
The tour impresses with an intense<br />
natural experience, leads you past rugged<br />
rocks and turquoise-blue lakes, and<br />
starts on the Silvretta-Bielerhöhe. After<br />
around three hours, you reach the<br />
Vermunt glacier. The hikers familiarise<br />
themselves with the crampons and<br />
ice axe under expert guidance and then<br />
venture out into the jagged landscape.<br />
ALL ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING<br />
Climate change has also left its mark in<br />
the Silvretta – a development that the<br />
mountain guides are constantly confronted<br />
with and openly address on<br />
the tours: “Many glaciers are becoming<br />
steeper or are disappearing altogether.<br />
For example, we have to walk much further<br />
to the glacier than we did ten years<br />
ago. Alpine hazards such as rockfalls or<br />
ice debris have also increased. This often<br />
presents a big challenge for us. This<br />
topic cannot be ignored, and we talk<br />
about it a lot with our guests during the<br />
tour,” says Jonny.<br />
On the way back, the group stops for a<br />
lunch break at the Wiesbadener Chalet<br />
to top up on energy. From there, it’s only<br />
another two hours back to the Bielerhöhe.<br />
An impressive day comes to an end. P
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GLACIER HIKE<br />
BASIC<br />
every Thursday<br />
probably from 01.07. to 30.09.<strong>2021</strong><br />
SILVRETTA-BIELERHÖHE BUS STOP<br />
INFORMATION<br />
Route: Silvretta Bielerhöhe reservoir – Wiesbadener Chalet<br />
– Vermunt glacier – same way back<br />
Duration: approx. 8 hours (walking time: approx. 6.5 h)<br />
Ascent and descent: approx. 850 vm<br />
Dining and refreshment options: Wiesbadener Chalet,<br />
Gasthaus Piz Buin, Silvrettahaus<br />
Registration: by 4.00 pm on the day before<br />
Price: 20% discount with the <strong>Montafon</strong> Guest Card (be sure<br />
to bring your <strong>Montafon</strong> Guest Card). Free of charge for guests<br />
of BergePLUS partner establishments (<strong>Montafon</strong> guest<br />
card with a BergePLUS label).<br />
INFORMATION<br />
AND BOOKING:<br />
T. +43 50 6686 // montafon.at/bergeplus
GLACIER HIKE<br />
DID YOU<br />
KNOW?<br />
COMPARISON:<br />
1.5 football<br />
fields long<br />
In some places, the ice of the<br />
Ochsentaler glacier is still up to<br />
150 metres thick.<br />
1:1<br />
Did you know that glacier fleas live on<br />
the perennial ice? When the glacier is<br />
still covered with snow in the early<br />
summer, it is possible to see these<br />
two millimetre-long<br />
creatures with the<br />
naked eye.<br />
CURR<strong>EN</strong>TLY, THERE ARE STILL 14 GLACIERS IN VORARLBERG, 12 OF WHICH<br />
CAN BE FOUND IN THE SILVRETTA<br />
01. Rauhkopf glacier<br />
02. Tiroler glacier<br />
03. Vermunt glacier<br />
04. Ochsentaler glacier<br />
05. Schneeglocken glacier<br />
06. Klostertaler glacier<br />
07. Schattenspitz glacier<br />
08. Glötter glacier<br />
09. Litzner glacier<br />
10. Verhupf glacier<br />
11. Kromer glacier<br />
12. Schweizer glacier<br />
13. Eistobel (Rätikon)<br />
14. Brandner glacier<br />
(Rätikon)
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07<br />
THE<br />
MONTAFON<br />
ON THE<br />
RIGHT TRACK<br />
SUSTAINABILITY<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong>
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MONTAFON<br />
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MONTAFON<br />
THE MONTAFON<br />
ON THE RIGHT TRACK<br />
Everyone around the world is talking<br />
about environmental protection, including<br />
in the <strong>Montafon</strong>. But where is the valley already<br />
making these pioneering changes?<br />
And what courageous and unconventional<br />
ideas have already been implemented in favour<br />
of the environment? On the following<br />
pages, we present some examples with a<br />
signalling effect.
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A place in the sun<br />
CLIMATE PARTNER<br />
The Hüttenkopfbahn, which commenced operations on the Golm in December<br />
2012, was a world first. Because the construction of the new six-seater chair<br />
lift was the first time that a photovoltaic power plant had been integrated<br />
into the station design and the chair station. “The power plant provides us<br />
with 60,000 kWh of electricity per year,” says Markus Burtscher, CEO of the<br />
Golm Silvretta Lünersee Tourismus, “which is about a third of the traction<br />
current we need each winter season.” Also, a software tool records all energy<br />
consumption in the ski area – from the lifts and the artificial snow blower<br />
to the snow groomers and the restaurants – and highlights the amounts of<br />
water, electricity and fuel required. “This energy monitoring system helps us<br />
spot excessive consumption in particular areas, so that can take action,” explains<br />
Burtscher. Golm Silvretta Lünersee Tourismus is also a member of the<br />
Carbon Neutrality Alliance 2025 and thus emphasises careful handling of the<br />
environment and resources.<br />
The white splendour<br />
SNOW MANAGEM<strong>EN</strong>T<br />
Mother Nature is usually reliable, but not always – that’s why artificial snow<br />
blowers have become indispensable for the ski resorts. They can cover 44<br />
kilometres of pistes on the Golm with 100 percent artificial snow. How much<br />
water is needed for snow production depends on the natural snow. In winter,<br />
an average of 180,000 m 3 of water are used to produce approximately<br />
400,000 m 3 of artificial snow – which is free of additives. When the ice starts<br />
to melt, the water seeps through the ground and is thus fed back into the<br />
natural water cycle – so it doesn’t go to waste. But the ski resort has a clever<br />
and sustainable solution: the slopes have been equipped with a drainage<br />
system. The melt water is fed back into the drive water system and supplied<br />
to the Lünersee plant, in order to produce green electricity. “The conscious<br />
and sensitive handling of nature is of utmost importance to us. The natural<br />
cycle is closed by the drainage system,” explains Gernot Burtscher from Golm<br />
Silvretta Lünersee Tourismus. F
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MONTAFON<br />
Nature’s warmth:<br />
The “almost” climate-neutral heater<br />
DISTRICT HEATING<br />
The biomass heating plant “Nature’s warmth in the <strong>Montafon</strong>” in Schruns<br />
provides environmentally compatible energy for our valley. Up to 270 buildings<br />
are connected to the grid, including various tourism businesses. New<br />
projects in the hotel industry rely almost exclusively on nature’s warmth,<br />
says CEO Georg Stampfer. When it comes to heating renovations, the almost<br />
CO 2<br />
-neutral heating system is first choice. “Because the warmth – which is<br />
made up of <strong>Montafon</strong> wood to a large extent – is fed comes directly into the<br />
house. Maintaining the heating room and the equipment is no longer necessary<br />
and you no longer have to worry about the oil running out.” In the biomass<br />
plant, the latest environmental technology filters fine dust particles<br />
so efficiently that the quality of the air has noticeably improved. If nothing<br />
else, the cultivation of the local protection forest is very important in order<br />
to safeguard its function for the future. Public biomass heating stations also<br />
provide clean energy in Bartholomäberg and in Gaschurn.<br />
The future on track<br />
MOBILITY<br />
Judging by the opinions of the mayors, hosts and cableways in the valley, the<br />
terminus of the <strong>Montafon</strong>erbahn will soon arrive in Gaschurn. All large ski<br />
areas from the Golm to the Versettla Bahn, important summer attractions as<br />
well as settlements should be accessible by rail in future without the need<br />
for transfers. The feasibility study commissioned by Stand <strong>Montafon</strong> and the<br />
province of Vorarlberg generally sees the railway extension in a positive light<br />
and provided valuable insights into the route, operational concept and investment<br />
costs. The first major milestone to a comprehensive mobility solution<br />
has been reached.<br />
The <strong>Montafon</strong>erbahn is already continuously improving the range of services<br />
for its passengers. A half-hourly service brought about a substantial increase<br />
in the quality of the train connection between Bludenz and Schruns. The <strong>Montafon</strong>erbahn<br />
travels 300,000 kilometres per year.
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Regionality that tastes good<br />
REGIONAL PRODUCTS<br />
The “bewusstmontafon” (Consciously <strong>Montafon</strong>) association has set itself<br />
the objective of promoting the cooperation of farmers, restaurants and merchants<br />
throughout the valley. The logo guarantees the use of regional ingredients.<br />
By means of the product certification, the initiative ensures there is<br />
a piece of the <strong>Montafon</strong> in every product. So everyone can support the local<br />
producers and regional “Lädili” (shops). Bulk purchasers have a particular<br />
role to play in this regard. For the Silvretta <strong>Montafon</strong>, for example, it has<br />
always been important to nurture a fair partnership with the local farmers.<br />
“Both the regionality and the traceability of the food used are becoming increasingly<br />
important for us and our guests,” says Kurt Woltsche. The longtime<br />
chef de cuisine of the Nova Stoba mountain restaurant sources the majority<br />
of his products from local establishments: meat and meat products,<br />
milk products, as well as special kinds of honey and herbs. Where possible,<br />
he hunts for his own game. Woltsche greatly appreciates the power of innovation<br />
of the <strong>Montafon</strong> establishments, which are adapting to the wants and<br />
needs of consumers and creating new products.
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE MONTAFON<br />
The most eco-friendly drink<br />
MONTAFON SPRING WATER<br />
On a trip to the <strong>Montafon</strong>, PET bottles are very welcome to stay at home. Because<br />
refillable drinking bottles and water jugs are still the best packaging<br />
for beverages: in the <strong>Montafon</strong>, excellent quality spring water is delivered to<br />
your house straight from the mountain – without wasting resources and producing<br />
transport emissions, resulting in a much better life cycle assessment<br />
overall. The energy expended on production, transport, refrigeration and disposal<br />
is 1,000 times higher for bottled mineral water than it is for water from<br />
a <strong>Montafon</strong> kitchen tap.<br />
The <strong>Montafon</strong> is blessed with water. Having succeeded in drawing energy<br />
from it, it has also become a blessing for the region. It propelled all kinds<br />
of mills as early as the Middle Ages. At the end of the 19th century, the first<br />
hydropower plant was built, which transformed flow energy into sustainable<br />
electrical current. This development fundamentally changed the lives of the<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> people. Several stations along the Aquaweg in Tschagguns show<br />
how abundant in water this region is, how pure the drinking water is and how<br />
diversely this giver of life from the mountains is used here. P
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08<br />
BEAUTY<br />
THAT CATCHES<br />
THE EYE<br />
MONTAFON MOUNTAIN CULTURE: MANGA HÜSLI<br />
Vandans
THE MONTAFON HOUSE<br />
THE MONTAFON HOUSE<br />
BEAUTY<br />
THAT CATCHES<br />
THE EYE<br />
THOSE HIKING FROM VANDANS TO THE RELLSTAL WILL<br />
NOT BE ABLE TO OVERLOOK THIS GEM ON THE WAYSIDE.<br />
HELGA AND REINER COFALKA TURNED THIS ANCI<strong>EN</strong>T<br />
MONTAFON HOUSE INTO A JEWEL.
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Oh Lord,<br />
Now you have been pleased to bless †<br />
the house of your servant,<br />
that it may continue forever in your sight;<br />
For you, Lord, have blessed it,<br />
and it will be blessed forever.<br />
Lettering on the façade<br />
David’s prayer, 1 Chronicle 17:27<br />
Manga Hüsli<br />
Built around 1700<br />
The carefully restored “Manga<br />
Hüsli” in Vandans wonderfully<br />
bears testimony to a<br />
traditional <strong>Montafon</strong> house<br />
– a composite construction of stone and<br />
wood that developed centuries ago from<br />
the Rhaeto-Romanic house and the<br />
Walserhaus. Those who know the characteristics<br />
of these exceptional buildings<br />
with their striking light-dark contrasts<br />
and roof shapes adapted to the<br />
alpine conditions will find and recognise<br />
them everywhere in the valley. Just like<br />
the “Manga Hüsli”, which so obviously<br />
calls out to everyone in sight: “Luag mi<br />
a!” (“Look at me!”). Pitch-black wood<br />
competes with the white limestone entry<br />
area. Host Reiner Cofalka runs his<br />
hand over the interwoven beams. “The<br />
wood was brushed and treated with citrus<br />
based oils. The whole area smelled of<br />
it afterwards,” Reiner explains. A fresco<br />
of the Virgin Mary flanked by angels<br />
hangs above the front door and cobalt<br />
blue keystones adorn the brightly shining<br />
masonry. Nobody really knows for sure<br />
where the name “Manga Hüsli” comes<br />
from. Maybe it derives from the last name<br />
“Mangeng”. It is much more obvious what<br />
the carved Saviour flanked by the Virgin<br />
Mary and Mary Magdalene on the façade<br />
is all about. “When the farmers moved up<br />
to the alpine pastures with their livestock,<br />
they stopped here to pray,” says Helga Cofalka.<br />
A prayer for a blessing is also visible<br />
under the gables over the entrance and on<br />
the back of the house. F
THE MONTAFON HOUSE<br />
NÄBATKAMMER<br />
(SIDE CHAMBER)<br />
STOBA<br />
(SITTING ROOM)<br />
KOCHI<br />
(KITCH<strong>EN</strong>)<br />
VORHUS<br />
(PARLOUR)<br />
SCHOPF (SHED)<br />
A TILED STOVE AS THE C<strong>EN</strong>TREPIECE<br />
Twenty-five years ago, Helga and Reiner Cofalka purchased<br />
this gem of a house in an auction and immediately<br />
saw the hidden beauty in the very wretched looking<br />
building: “It struck us like a bolt of lightning when we<br />
saw it.” The restoration work took five years. With a great<br />
deal of care, the couple restored the original splendour of<br />
the farmhouse dating back to the Baroque period. In order<br />
to be able to preserve the existing structure, they did<br />
some research in ethnographic museums, sought the advice<br />
of experts and scoured the entire alpine region for<br />
original fittings, hand-forged nails and solid wood doors.<br />
Reiner, who has since retired from his job as an art director,<br />
restored the ornaments on the façade himself. Those<br />
entering the house over the well-trodden doorstep will<br />
immediately notice the tiny kitchen window in the parlour.<br />
“That’s where the housewife could check on anyone<br />
entering while she was at the stove,” Reiner explains.<br />
The “Vorhus” (parlour) leads directly to the sitting room<br />
and the centrepiece of the house: the light-coloured tiled<br />
oven covered in tiny rust-red spots. The couple found<br />
someone to faithfully recreate it with its characteristic<br />
tiles, which are typical of the valley. It was once the only<br />
source of heat for the whole house.
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More information: The <strong>Montafon</strong> house and its barn<br />
HISTORY IN EVERY DETAIL<br />
Beside the oven with its comfortable little bench, your<br />
gaze is immediately drawn to the carved wall cabinet<br />
and the panelled ceiling. Both originate from the former<br />
Vandans Frühmesserhaus, which was demolished in the<br />
1960s. The painting adorning the ceiling of the sitting<br />
room had for years been lying in the attic of a farmer<br />
they made friends with. “When he heard we were restoring<br />
the Manga Hüsli, he gave it to us. And we found the<br />
name ‘Maria Viktoria Mangengin’ written on it. It was<br />
as if it was destined to end up in our house,” Reiner says.<br />
At the other end of the tiled oven you enter the “Gada”<br />
(side chamber) which was originally the adults’ bedroom<br />
and today is the dining room, which again leads to the<br />
kitchen.<br />
When you’re cooking on the old additional stove, you<br />
can peer through the window into the parlour and see<br />
a steep staircase leading upstairs. Instead of the chimney<br />
room, you’ll find a spacious living area under the<br />
roof and adjoining bedrooms. A door leads to the former<br />
shed. What used to be a storage space for tools and<br />
equipment is now a modern bathroom. The old firewall<br />
with its exposed bricks and a former barn door are a reminder<br />
of the once rough character of this part of the<br />
building. Back in the sitting room, you can sit comfortably<br />
on former church benches around the <strong>Montafon</strong> table<br />
and enjoy the view of the village and the valley. “The<br />
rural idyll virtually comes in through the window here,”<br />
Reiner enthuses. F<br />
NÄBATKAMMER<br />
(SIDE CHAMBER)<br />
KOCHI<br />
(KITCH<strong>EN</strong>)<br />
STOBA<br />
(SITTING ROOM)<br />
VORHUS<br />
(PARLOUR)<br />
SCHOPF (SHED)
THE MONTAFON HOUSE<br />
NÄBATKAMMER<br />
(SIDE CHAMBER)<br />
KOCHI<br />
(KITCH<strong>EN</strong>)<br />
STOBA<br />
(SITTING ROOM)<br />
VORHUS<br />
(PARLOUR)<br />
SCHOPF (SHED)
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FEATURES<br />
OF A MONTAFON HOUSE<br />
Alpine hall-cum-kitchen house<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> houses are usually made up of two adjoining farmyards:<br />
the house and the barn are built right beside each<br />
other. In avalanche zones, the house is protected by the barn<br />
that stands right behind the farmyard. The Flurküchenhaus<br />
(houses that have a hall and kitchen in one room) is the<br />
dominant layout. The sitting room (“Stoba”) and the adults’<br />
bedroom (“Gada”) or the side chamber (“Näbatkammer”)<br />
are grouped around the kitchen (“Kochi”) which is usually<br />
separated from the parlour (“Vorhus”). The “Kemmigschooß”<br />
(chimney room) is located right above the hall-cum-kitchen<br />
and the “Stoba- and Hinterkammer” (back rooms) are situated<br />
above the sitting room.<br />
Light-dark contrast<br />
The walls of the entry area, the kitchen and the chimney room<br />
are built from natural stone, plastered and whitewashed with<br />
lime milk. Stone walls were said to be more permanent, fireproof<br />
and resilient. They offer protection against avalanches,<br />
falling rocks and mudslides. The exterior walls of the sitting<br />
room, the side chamber and the rooms above are boarded<br />
with wooden beams, mostly made from local spruces, in a<br />
block construction and panelled on the inside. The sheds,<br />
which are usually built on the weather side, are clad with<br />
vertical boards.<br />
(purlin<br />
spacing<br />
approx.<br />
1.20m)<br />
(roof pitch approx. 25 degrees)<br />
(roof underlay)<br />
(rafters)<br />
The “snow roof“<br />
For the purpose of thermal insulation, the snow remains on the<br />
slightly inclined gabled roofs (20 to 25 degree angle), which<br />
protrude beyond the house except on the side where the shed is<br />
located. Rough wooden planks prevent the snow from slipping<br />
and heavy battens with integrated flat rocks serve as a snow<br />
rake to prevent roof avalanches.
THE MONTAFON HOUSE
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THE MONTAFON HOUSE<br />
Neither of us feels like<br />
owners of this<br />
house, but rather<br />
like curators of a beautiful<br />
overall work of art.<br />
Reiner Cofalka<br />
Owner of the Manga Hüsli
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Illwerke Centre <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
TOUR TIP<br />
Kalkofen<br />
Wildbachverbauung<br />
Building culture trail in Vandans<br />
Many <strong>Montafon</strong> buildings represent a piece of contemporary<br />
history. Traditional ways of building merge here with present-day<br />
lifestyles. Above all, the regional building culture reflects<br />
different economic approaches to tourism, the energy<br />
economy and farming. The Vandans Baukulturweg shows how<br />
the use of natural resources, the cultural landscape and the<br />
people’s lifestyle have an impact on architecture.<br />
Manga Hüsli<br />
DETAILS<br />
Distance 6.1 km | Duration 1 hr 40 mins | Ascent 101 cm | Descent 101 vm<br />
Alte und neue<br />
Pfarrkirche<br />
Die Krauthobelfabrik<br />
Die Golmerbahn<br />
Becken Rodund<br />
(Illwerke)<br />
Illwerke<br />
Zentrum <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
Vandans<br />
660 m a.s.l.<br />
More information on the Baukulturweg in Vandans:
PREVIEW OF WINTER <strong>2021</strong>/22<br />
IN ANTICIPATION OF<br />
WINTER<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
22<br />
EXPLORING NATURE IN WINTER<br />
Being out and about in the snow and the quietness<br />
of nature has a special charm. On winter hikes,<br />
you can explore the winter landscapes of the Rätikon,<br />
Verwall and Silvretta over 290 kilometres of<br />
prepared winter hiking trails. Particularly beautiful<br />
routes in Bartholomäberg, the sunny balcony of the <strong>Montafon</strong>,<br />
lead to panoramic locations.<br />
AT THE FOOT OF<br />
THE 3,000 METRE PEAKS<br />
The fresh snow crunches under the snowshoes<br />
and, above all, there’s the breathtaking panoramic<br />
view of the 3,000 metre peaks of the Silvretta:<br />
On the Silvretta-Bielerhöhe, the snowshoe<br />
hikers’ experience of the tranquillity and<br />
the crystal-clear mountain air is unparalleled.<br />
CROSS-BORDER LOOP TOUR<br />
On the ski tour around the impressive Madrisa, you’ll experience the beauty of<br />
the Gargellen’s local mountain from a completely different side. Together with<br />
a <strong>Montafon</strong> mountain guide you will cross the border to Switzerland twice.<br />
Special highlight: the ride on the Rhaetian railway.
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THROUGH THE NIGHT ON TWO RUNNERS<br />
An atmospheric adventure with floodlighting awaits all night-time tobogganers<br />
in the <strong>Montafon</strong>. On the longest illuminated night toboggan run in Vorarlberg,<br />
you zoom from Maisäßdorf Garfrescha down into the valley on two runners. The 3<br />
km-long natural toboggan run on the Golm offers tobogganing fun for the whole<br />
family with an incline of up to 13%.<br />
FROM SPORTY TO FAMILY-FRI<strong>EN</strong>DLY<br />
Get to know the diversity of the <strong>Montafon</strong> ski areas. As<br />
if straight out of a picture-book, one mountain peak follows<br />
the next and the grooves in the freshly prepared<br />
pistes are waiting for the first turns of the day at an<br />
elevation of 1,400 to 2,400 metres in guaranteed snow.<br />
A whopping 298 kilometres of pistes provide incomparable<br />
variety.
THE HEARTBEAT OF THE MONTAFON<br />
3,312 m<br />
PIZ BUIN<br />
Vorarlberg’s highest<br />
mountain<br />
THE HEARTBEAT O<br />
1,220 km<br />
OF MARKED<br />
HIKING TRAILS<br />
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16,394<br />
INHABITANTS<br />
(As at January<br />
2020)<br />
Golmer Joch<br />
3<br />
MOUNTAIN<br />
CHAINS<br />
Verwall, Silvretta,<br />
Rätikon<br />
GESCHICHTSTRÄCHTIG | PIONIERHAFT | BÄUERLICH | TÜCHTIG | EIG<strong>EN</strong>WILLIG<br />
> 2<br />
million<br />
OVERNIGHT<br />
STAYS<br />
2018/19<br />
>5<br />
CABLEWAYS<br />
Golm, Silvretta <strong>Montafon</strong>, Gargellner<br />
Bergbahnen, Kristbergbahn,<br />
Silvretta-Bielerhöhe, Brandnertal<br />
and others in the region<br />
39 km<br />
L<strong>EN</strong>GTH OF<br />
VALLEY<br />
from Bludenz<br />
to Silvretta-<br />
Bielerhöhe<br />
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TOURISM TOWNS<br />
St. Anton i. M., Vandans,<br />
Bartholomäberg, Silbertal,<br />
Schruns-Tschagguns,<br />
Gargellen, St. Gallenkirch-Gortipohl,<br />
Gaschurn-Partenen<br />
Core brand values<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong><br />
hardworking<br />
steeped in history<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong><br />
Resonanzen<br />
Music festival<br />
GESCHICHTSTRÄCHTIG | TÜCHTIG | EIG<strong>EN</strong>WILLIG | BÄUERLICH | PIONIERHAFT<br />
Melodious sounds from different genres<br />
– performed in special locations – will be<br />
presented by the <strong>Montafon</strong> Resonanzen<br />
from 05.08. until 11.09.<strong>2021</strong>. You can listen<br />
to music from a large variety of different<br />
styles. The palette ranges from brass,<br />
organ and chamber music to jazz and<br />
crossover all the way to alpine folk music.<br />
montafoner-resonanzen.at
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GES<br />
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551.87 km²<br />
TOTAL AREA<br />
(140 km² of forest)<br />
24<br />
VIA FERRATAS<br />
298 km<br />
KILOMETRES<br />
OF PISTES<br />
F THE MONTAFON<br />
GESCHICHTSTRÄCHTIG | PIONIERHAFT | BÄUERLICH | TÜCHTIG | EIG<strong>EN</strong>WILLIG<br />
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TOP<br />
EV<strong>EN</strong>TS<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> World Cup,<br />
M 3 <strong>Montafon</strong> Mountainbike Marathon,<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> Arlberg Marathon,<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> Resonanzen,<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> Legends Festival,<br />
Silvretta Classic Rallye <strong>Montafon</strong>,<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> Totale Trail, Septimo<br />
260 km<br />
Bike, mountain bike<br />
and electric mountain<br />
bike routes<br />
GESCHICHTSTRÄCHTIG | PIONIERHAFT | BÄUERLICH | TÜCHTIG | EIG<strong>EN</strong>WILLIG<br />
MONTAFON BERGKULTUR:<br />
Sura Kees, bonfire,<br />
organ landscape, <strong>Montafon</strong> table,<br />
solstice, <strong>Montafon</strong> Steinschaf<br />
(stone sheep), brown cows, alpine<br />
meadow landscape,<br />
pasture drive, <strong>Montafon</strong> dialect,<br />
traditional <strong>Montafon</strong> costume<br />
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SKI TOURING<br />
TIPS<br />
Interactive map<br />
for the winter<br />
unconventional<br />
pioneering<br />
rural<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong> theatre hike<br />
On the Run<br />
GESCHICHTSTRÄCHTIG | TÜCHTIG | EIG<strong>EN</strong>WILLIG | BÄUERLICH | PIONIERHAFT<br />
A border experience between Austria and Switzerland<br />
The interactive play takes you on a thought-provoking journey to the past. On the hike<br />
from Gargellen towards the Sarotlajoch, guided by Friedrich Juen, you’ll sense the fate<br />
of those people who had to experience the horrors of the Second World War first hand,<br />
at different performance venues between Austria and Switzerland with the “teatro<br />
caprile”. The emotional density and the analysis of the historical subject matter in<br />
the heart of the Rätikon mountains generates vivid images that will draw you in.<br />
montafon.at/theaterwanderung
ahn<br />
Ballunspitze<br />
2671 m<br />
Lobspitze 2605 m<br />
Gasthaus<br />
Zeinisjoch<br />
asserstubenalpe<br />
Kopssee<br />
Neue Heilbronner<br />
Hütte 2320 m<br />
Versalspitze<br />
2769 m<br />
Wiegensee<br />
Ganifer<br />
pitze 2605 m<br />
jöchle 2074 m<br />
staurant<br />
nenkopf<br />
840 m<br />
Knappastoba<br />
Silberpfad<br />
Lobschild<br />
2445 m<br />
Gretscher See<br />
Gretschalpe<br />
Sagenwanderweg<br />
Panoramagasthof<br />
Kristberg<br />
Kristberg<br />
1442 m<br />
OSTERTAL<br />
aDalaas<br />
Oberzalimkopf Windeckerspitz<br />
2340 m 2331 m<br />
Kristberg<br />
er Mannheimer <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
Hütte<br />
er 2679 m<br />
satobel<br />
PANORAMIC MAP<br />
Zeinisjoch<br />
1842 m<br />
Vallüla<br />
Wiesbadener Hütte<br />
2813 m<br />
Bielerhöhe<br />
2443 m<br />
PAZNAUNTAL 2032 m Silvrettasee<br />
Galtür<br />
Restaurant<br />
Berggasthof Hotel Piz Buin Silvrettasee<br />
Silvretta-Haus<br />
Madlenerhaus<br />
Fellimännle<br />
2209 m<br />
Muttjöchle 2074 m<br />
Berggasthaus<br />
Hasahüsli<br />
Waldschule<br />
Alpstöbli<br />
Alpengasthaus<br />
Fellimännle<br />
Kristbergbahn<br />
SILBERTAL<br />
889 m<br />
Fundlkopf<br />
2401 m<br />
Silvretta-Hochalpenstraße<br />
PART<strong>EN</strong><strong>EN</strong><br />
1051 m<br />
Tafamuntbahn<br />
Alp Guess<br />
Hochjoch 2520 m<br />
Kristberg<br />
Knappastoba<br />
Kopssee<br />
1809 m<br />
Panoramagasthof<br />
Kristberg<br />
Palüdbahn<br />
Sagenwanderweg<br />
Litz<br />
KRISTBERG<br />
Silvretta-Skisafari<br />
Innerkapellalpe<br />
Hohes Rad 2934 m<br />
Maderer 2769 m<br />
Schwarzsee<br />
Seetalhüsli<br />
Erlebnisweg Litzbach<br />
Kristberg<br />
1443 m<br />
Tunnel<br />
Herzsee<br />
Bielerhöhe<br />
Tunnel<br />
Vermuntsee<br />
Hochalpila 2443 m<br />
Zusteigstelle ,,Stelzer“<br />
BRAND Bahnen <strong>Sommer</strong>betrieb<br />
1037 G<strong>EN</strong>IESSERBERG<br />
m<br />
Taleu<br />
KRISTBERG<br />
arpfienz<br />
Bahnen nur Winterbetrieb 1746 m<br />
Alpe Furkla<br />
kristberg.at<br />
Wanderwege leicht<br />
atursprünge-Weg Loischkopf<br />
1860 m<br />
Wanderwege mittel<br />
Burtschasattel<br />
Alpe Rona<br />
1680 m KEY<br />
Schesatobel<br />
Restaurant<br />
Frööd<br />
Fuchsbau<br />
Alvier<br />
Loischkopfbahn<br />
Dorfbahn<br />
Fun & Action<br />
Kabinenbahn<br />
Gondelbahn<br />
Sesselbahn<br />
Buslinie<br />
BÜRSERBERG<br />
890m Tschengla<br />
Bahnhof Train station 1200 m<br />
Wanderbus<br />
Rufana Alp<br />
Parkplatz<br />
Cabin railway<br />
Cable car<br />
Chair lift<br />
Bus line<br />
Hiking bus<br />
Einhornbahn II<br />
Panoramabahn<br />
Restaurant<br />
Tourismusinformation Unicorn<br />
Kälbersee<br />
Piz Buin 3312 m<br />
SILVRETTA-<br />
BIELERHÖHE<br />
Scheimersch<br />
2420 m<br />
Fredakopf 2252 m<br />
Almhütte Fellimännle<br />
Grasjoch<br />
1975 m<br />
Hochalpila Bahn<br />
Versettla Bahn<br />
GASCHURN<br />
979 m<br />
Kreuzjoch<br />
2395 m Zamangspitze<br />
2386 m<br />
Wormser Hütte<br />
2305 m<br />
Sennigrat Bahn<br />
Seebligasee Abenteuerberg Hochjoch<br />
Kapellalpe<br />
Kristbergbahn<br />
Naturkräftepfad<br />
Zusteigstelle ,,Schöni“<br />
Tuklar<br />
2318 m Tödi<br />
Glattjoch<br />
Amatschonjoch 2000 m<br />
Oberzalim Innerpalüdalpe<br />
Hütte 1889 m<br />
s Gasthaus Mühle<br />
Pflanzenwelten-Weg<br />
76 m<br />
Obere Brüggelealpe<br />
Untere<br />
Gulma Innerberg Alpe Parpfienz<br />
Brüggelealpe Melkboden 1800 m<br />
Legende<br />
Palüdhütte Natursprünge-Weg<br />
Tierwelten-Weg<br />
hattenlagant<br />
Niggenkopf<br />
Tuklar<br />
Burtschasattel<br />
tte<br />
Alpilakopf Schillerkopf Stüble<br />
2318 m Tödi<br />
1680 m<br />
2156 m 2006 m<br />
Mondspitze<br />
ttenlagant<br />
1967 Parpfienz m<br />
Legende Kristberg<br />
1390 m<br />
<strong>Montafon</strong><br />
SILBERTAL<br />
890 m<br />
Restaurant<br />
Frööd<br />
Gasthaus Mühle<br />
SILVRETTA-BIELERHÖHE<br />
silvretta-bielerhoehe.at<br />
Fuchsbau Innerberg<br />
Tübinger Hütte<br />
2191 m<br />
Saarbrücker Hütte<br />
2538 m<br />
Garneratal<br />
PART<strong>EN</strong><strong>EN</strong><br />
1051 m<br />
Sennigrat 2300 m<br />
Kapell<br />
Kapell Bahn<br />
Litz<br />
Vermuntbahn<br />
Ganeu<br />
Hochjoch 2520 m<br />
Hochalpila 2443 m<br />
Alpilakopf<br />
2156 m<br />
Tunnel<br />
Tunnel<br />
Alte Talstation<br />
Versettla<br />
GORTIPOHL<br />
910 m<br />
Grasjochhütte<br />
Zamangalpe<br />
Kapellrestaurant<br />
1862 m<br />
Gasthaus Kropfen<br />
Bahnen <strong>Sommer</strong>betrieb<br />
Themenweg Vier Barga<br />
Lammhütta<br />
Kropfen<br />
Madrisella<br />
2466 m<br />
Versettlaspitze 2372 m<br />
Burg 2247 m<br />
Nova Stoba 2000 m<br />
Gantakopf<br />
1958 m<br />
SILVRETTA MONTAFON<br />
NOVA Garfrescha<br />
GRASJOCHBrunellawirt<br />
Skitunnel<br />
Garfrescha Bahn<br />
SILVRETTA MONTAFON<br />
HOCHJOCH<br />
FIS<br />
Rennstrecke<br />
Bahnen nur Winterbetrieb<br />
Alpe Furkla<br />
Wanderwege leicht<br />
Loischkopf<br />
1860 m<br />
Wanderwege mittel<br />
Alpe Rona<br />
Fun & Action<br />
Kabinenbahn<br />
Gondelbahn<br />
Sesselbahn<br />
Loischkopfbahn<br />
Buslinie<br />
Bahnhof<br />
Wanderbus<br />
Rufana Alp<br />
Parkplatz<br />
Car park<br />
Tourism office<br />
Tourismusinformation Restaurant<br />
Unicorn<br />
MUSEUM<br />
Museum<br />
Viewing mine<br />
Schaubergwerk<br />
Restaurant/chalet<br />
Restaurant/Schutzhütte<br />
Kiosk<br />
Kiosk<br />
Schillerkopf<br />
2006 m<br />
Einhornbahn II<br />
Aussichtspunkt<br />
Kinderspielplatz<br />
Mondspitze<br />
1967 m<br />
SILVRETTA MONTAFON<br />
silvretta-montafon.at<br />
Tschengla<br />
1200 m<br />
Alpe Zwielicht Nova<br />
Fredakopf 2252 m<br />
Zamang Bahn<br />
Ill<br />
SCHRUNS<br />
Kabinenbahn 690 m<br />
Heimspitze<br />
2685 m Valiseraspitze<br />
2716 m Madrisa 2770 m<br />
Alpenhotel<br />
Garfrescha<br />
Vermiel<br />
ST. GALL<strong>EN</strong>KIRCH<br />
878 m<br />
KAPELL<br />
Ill<br />
Bahnen <strong>Sommer</strong>betrieb<br />
Weltcup Strecke<br />
Versettla Bahn<br />
Schatzsuche Zamangspitze<br />
Garfrescha<br />
2386 m<br />
Kreuzjoch<br />
2395 m<br />
Wormser Hütte<br />
Legende<br />
Sennigrat 2300 m<br />
Rehsee Stöbli<br />
Bahnen nur Winterbetrieb<br />
Wanderwege leicht<br />
Wanderwege mittel<br />
Fun & Action<br />
Gondelbahn<br />
Sesselbahn<br />
Buslinie<br />
Bahnhof<br />
Wanderbus<br />
Parkplatz<br />
Tourismusinformation<br />
Museum<br />
Schaubergwerk<br />
Restaurant/Schutzhütte<br />
Kiosk<br />
Viewing point<br />
Aussichtspunkt<br />
Kinderspielplatz<br />
Europatreppe<br />
Themenweg<br />
Waldrutschenpark<br />
Alpine-Coaster<br />
Waldseilpark<br />
Flying-Fox<br />
Vergaldental NEU<br />
Gamsjöchli<br />
Ofenwinkel<br />
Alte Talstation<br />
GASCHURN<br />
979 m<br />
Valisera<br />
Grasjoch Bahn<br />
VERSETTLA<br />
Schlappiner Joch<br />
2202 m<br />
Casa Nova<br />
Lammhütta<br />
Valzifenztal<br />
Schanzenzentrum<br />
BARTHOLOMÄBERG<br />
1087 m<br />
Fritzensee<br />
Hotel Bergerhof<br />
Alpilakopf 2030 m<br />
Gandasee<br />
Obwaldhütte<br />
GORTIPOHL<br />
910 m<br />
Grasjoch Hütte<br />
GA<br />
Suggad<br />
Silvretta M<br />
Gasthaus Kropfen<br />
Children’s playground<br />
Europatreppe<br />
Themed trail<br />
Waldrutschenpark (Forest Slide Park)<br />
Alpine-Coaster<br />
Kapellrestaurant<br />
Kropfen<br />
Urmonti<br />
Bitschw<br />
W<br />
B<br />
TSCHAGGUN<br />
685 m<br />
Hochjoch Bahn<br />
Nov<br />
Ganta<br />
195<br />
Rodelhüsli<br />
B<br />
Iton
84 85<br />
Rätschenfluh 2703 m<br />
Gargellner Köpfe 2482 m<br />
Gafierjoch<br />
2415 m<br />
St. Antönier Joch<br />
2379 m<br />
Schafbergsee<br />
Schafbergbahn<br />
GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
1423 m<br />
Alpe Alpila<br />
Gweil<br />
Gauertalhaus<br />
deckerspitz<br />
2331 m Fundlkopf Tuklar<br />
2401 m<br />
Alpilakopf Schillerkopf<br />
er Hütte<br />
2318 m Tödi 2156 m 2006 m<br />
Mondspitze<br />
Gauertal Matschwitz<br />
Glattjoch<br />
1967 m<br />
1520 m<br />
Amatschonjoch Legende<br />
Gampadels 2000 m<br />
lim Innerpalüdalpe<br />
Haus Matschwitz<br />
889 m<br />
Grabs<br />
Bahnen <strong>Sommer</strong>betrieb<br />
Pflanzenwelten-Weg Berggasthof<br />
Grabs<br />
gelealpe<br />
Bahnen nur Winterbetrieb<br />
Gulma Alpe Parpfienz<br />
Melkboden<br />
Alpe Furkla<br />
1800 Hotel m Montabella<br />
Ganeu<br />
Latschau Wanderwege leicht<br />
Palüdhütte Natursprünge-Weg 1000 m Loischkopf<br />
Tierwelten-Weg<br />
Holzschopf 1860 m<br />
Niggenkopf<br />
Wanderwege mittel<br />
Gasthof Sulzfluh Burtschasattel<br />
Alpe Rona<br />
eil rkopf Stüble<br />
irtschaft<br />
1680 m<br />
6 m<br />
itschweil<br />
Landschisott<br />
Mondspitze<br />
Fun & Action<br />
1967 m<br />
Parpfienz<br />
Restaurant<br />
1390 m<br />
Kabinenbahn<br />
Frööd<br />
in<br />
Dorfbahn<br />
S<br />
skopf 2089 m<br />
Gargellner Fensterweg<br />
Rasafei<br />
Alpe Furkla<br />
Alpe Rona<br />
Wannaköpf<br />
2031 m<br />
Schafberg Hüsli<br />
2130 m<br />
Kessl Hütte<br />
Mittagsspitze<br />
2168 m<br />
Panoramabahn<br />
Taleu<br />
1746 m<br />
Monteneu<br />
1883 m<br />
Täli<br />
Tilisuna Hütte<br />
GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
2206 m<br />
Tilisunaalpe<br />
Tobelsee<br />
Schesatobel<br />
Golmi‘s Forschungspfad<br />
GOLM<br />
Berghof Golm<br />
Golmerbahn<br />
Gondelbahn<br />
Sesselbahn<br />
Fuchsbau<br />
Buslinie<br />
Bahnhof<br />
Loischkopfbahn<br />
Wanderbus<br />
Rufana Alp<br />
Parkplatz<br />
Sulzfluh<br />
2818 m<br />
Drei Türme 2830 m Drusenfluh<br />
2827 m<br />
Lindauer Hütte<br />
1744 m<br />
Sporaalpe<br />
Golmerjoch 2124m<br />
AlpkulTour<br />
Latschätzalpe<br />
Grüneck<br />
1890 m<br />
Liftstüble<br />
Einhornbahn II<br />
VANDANS<br />
654 m<br />
Restaurant<br />
Tourismusinformation Alpengasthaus Unicorn Rellseck<br />
1483 m<br />
Museum<br />
LÜNERSEE<br />
Außergolm<br />
Zaluandaalpe<br />
Platzis<br />
Tschengla<br />
Ill1200 ST. m ANTON<br />
im <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
651 m<br />
Rellstal<br />
Totalphütte<br />
2385 m<br />
Saulakopf<br />
2517m<br />
Alpe Lün<br />
Heinrich Hueter-<br />
Hütte 1766 m<br />
Legende<br />
Rellsbach<br />
Schesaplana<br />
2965 m<br />
Amatschonjoch<br />
Oberzalim Innerpalüdalpe<br />
Hütte 1889 m<br />
Douglass<br />
Pflanzenwelten-Weg<br />
Hütte 1976 m<br />
Obere Brüggelealpe<br />
Untere<br />
Gulma<br />
Brüggelealpe Melkboden 1800 m<br />
Lünerseebahn<br />
Zimba<br />
2643 m<br />
Alpengasthaus<br />
Rellstal 1490 m<br />
Brandner<br />
Gletscher<br />
Schattenlagant<br />
Museum L188<br />
LORÜNS<br />
Schaubergwerk<br />
583 m<br />
Alfenz<br />
Oberzalimkopf Windeckerspitz<br />
2340 m 2331 m<br />
Mannheimer Hütte<br />
2679 m<br />
Schattenlagant<br />
Hütte<br />
Bahnen <strong>Sommer</strong>betrieb<br />
Palüdbahn<br />
BRAND<br />
1037 m<br />
Bahnen nur Winterbetrieb<br />
Wanderwege leicht<br />
Wanderwege mittel<br />
Fun & Action<br />
Kabinenbahn<br />
Gondelbahn<br />
Sesselbahn<br />
Buslinie<br />
Bahnhof<br />
Wanderbus<br />
Parkplatz<br />
Tourismusinformation<br />
61<br />
Restaurant/Schutzhütte<br />
Kiosk<br />
Aussichtspunkt<br />
Kinderspielplatz<br />
Europatreppe<br />
Alvier<br />
S16<br />
Dorfbahn<br />
BÜRSERBERG<br />
890m<br />
BÜRS<br />
570m<br />
BLUD<strong>EN</strong>Z<br />
588 m<br />
Fundlkopf<br />
2401 m<br />
Glattjoch<br />
2000 m<br />
Palüdhütte<br />
Tierwelten-Weg<br />
Niggenkopf<br />
Stüble<br />
59<br />
Alpe Parpfienz<br />
Panoramabahn<br />
Parpfienz<br />
1390 m<br />
Taleu<br />
1746 m<br />
Schesatobel<br />
Muttersbergbahn<br />
Tuklar<br />
2318 m Tödi<br />
Natursprünge-Weg<br />
Burtschasattel<br />
1680 m<br />
Restaurant<br />
Frööd<br />
Fuchsbau<br />
BRANDNERTAL<br />
Alpilakopf<br />
2156 m<br />
Loischkopf<br />
1860 m<br />
Loischkopfbahn<br />
Rufana Alp<br />
58<br />
Laz<br />
MUTTERSBERG<br />
Schille<br />
2006<br />
Einhornbahn II<br />
Alpenga<br />
Mutters<br />
1979 m<br />
BÜRSERBERG<br />
Tschengla 890m<br />
1200 m<br />
Schaubergwerk<br />
Alpe Latons<br />
Restaurant/Schutzhütte<br />
Kiosk<br />
Aussichtspunkt<br />
Themenweg<br />
Waldrutschenpark<br />
Alpine-Coaster<br />
Waldseilpark<br />
hütte<br />
5 m<br />
sthof<br />
berg<br />
kopf<br />
Restaurant<br />
Unicorn<br />
A14<br />
Schesaplana<br />
Windeckerspitz Paragleit Start- & Landeplatz<br />
2965 m Oberzalimkopf<br />
2331 m Fundlkopf<br />
2340 m<br />
Tuklar Elser Alp<br />
Brandner<br />
2401 m<br />
Mannheimer Hütte Bikepark<br />
23181590 m mTödi<br />
Gletscher<br />
park<br />
2679 m<br />
Hoher Fraßen<br />
Glattjoch<br />
Amatschonjoch<br />
Mountaincart/Funsportgeräte<br />
1979 m<br />
2000 m<br />
Oberzalim Innerpalüdalpe<br />
Fraßen<br />
Hütte 1889 m<br />
Douglass Hütte<br />
Tennis<br />
Pflanzenwelten-Weg<br />
Hütte 1976 m<br />
Obere Brüggelealpe<br />
Untere<br />
Golf<br />
Gulma Alpe Parpfienz<br />
Lüner<br />
59<br />
BÜRS<br />
570m<br />
BLUD<strong>EN</strong>Z<br />
588 m<br />
GARGELL<strong>EN</strong><br />
gargellen.at<br />
Muttersbergbahn<br />
Kinderspielplatz<br />
ERLEBNISBERG GOLM<br />
Europatreppe golm.at<br />
58<br />
Themenweg<br />
Waldrutschenpark<br />
Alpine-Coaster<br />
Laz<br />
A14<br />
Alpengasthof<br />
Muttersberg<br />
1979 m<br />
Hoher Fraßen<br />
1979 m<br />
Fraßen<br />
Hütte<br />
Waldseilpark (Forest Rope Park)<br />
Waldseilpark<br />
Flying fox<br />
Flying-Fox<br />
Climbing<br />
Klettern<br />
LÜNERSEE<br />
luenersee.at<br />
Paragliding: takeoff and landing site<br />
Mountain cart/recreation equipment<br />
Alpilakopf<br />
2156 m<br />
Flying-Fox<br />
Klettern<br />
Paragleit Start- & Landeplatz<br />
Bikepark<br />
Mountaincart/Funsportgeräte<br />
Tennis<br />
Golf<br />
Tennis<br />
Golf<br />
Open air pool<br />
Freibad<br />
Ski jump centre<br />
Schanzenzentrum<br />
Schillerkopf<br />
2006 m<br />
Aktivpark Mondspitze<br />
1967 m<br />
BRANDNERTAL<br />
brandnertal.at<br />
Legende<br />
Summer cableway operations<br />
Bahnen <strong>Sommer</strong>betrieb<br />
Winter cableway operations<br />
Bahnen nur Winterbetrieb<br />
Hiking trails, easy<br />
Wanderwege leicht<br />
Hiking trails, moderate<br />
Wanderwege mittel<br />
Fun and action<br />
Fun & Action<br />
Kabinenbahn<br />
Gondelbahn<br />
Sesselbahn<br />
MUTTERSBERG<br />
muttersberg.at
MY MONTAFON MAGAZINE<br />
Mein <strong>Montafon</strong> Bergerlebnisse Gastgeber Service Magazin<br />
MY<br />
MONTAFON<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
You’re probably asking yourself<br />
right now what to expect from<br />
the “My <strong>Montafon</strong> magazine”. No<br />
need to worry. We are not going to<br />
inundate you with numbers, dates and facts.<br />
On the contrary. We’d like to offer you a personal<br />
insight into our lives here in the <strong>Montafon</strong><br />
with a wide variety of articles (only available<br />
in German language). We’ll take you<br />
with us on our favourite tours, inform you<br />
about exciting projects and tell you the stories<br />
that the <strong>Montafon</strong> has in store for you.<br />
Real and authentic.
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SPORTING<br />
ADV<strong>EN</strong>TURES<br />
An unforgettable event on<br />
Vorarlberg’s highest mountain<br />
PIZ BUIN ASC<strong>EN</strong>T<br />
WE WISH YOU<br />
A LOT OF FUN<br />
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DECELERATING ACTIVITIES | CULINARY SPECIALITIES | MONTAFON | SPORTING ADV<strong>EN</strong>TURES | TRADITIONAL HAPP<strong>EN</strong>INGS | HARDWORKING MOM<strong>EN</strong>TS | DEC<br />
Author: Franziska<br />
“My first climbing attempts on the ice”<br />
Author: Karin<br />
“Snowboard World(cup) in a crystal ball“<br />
Authors: Christiane and Moritz<br />
Author: Katrin<br />
“Walter, the solstice bonfire man“<br />
“You can’t learn how to make Sura Kees, you have to experience it“<br />
Author: Daniela<br />
Author: Andreas<br />
“Summit ascent in the Rätikon“<br />
Author: Victoria<br />
“The <strong>Montafon</strong> is ‘alive‘ “<br />
Author: Michael<br />
“Advent in the <strong>Montafon</strong>“<br />
“Legend hiking trail from Kristberg to Silbertal“<br />
Author: Annika<br />
“Mushroom hike on the Kristberg in the <strong>Montafon</strong>”<br />
More articles on montafon.at/de/Magazin<br />
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Bernhard Huber; <strong>Montafon</strong>er Museen – Walter Kegele, Christoph Schöch; Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek, Land Vorarlberg, Haas Friedl (2001): Das <strong>Montafon</strong>erhaus und sein Stall,<br />
In Heimatschutzverein <strong>Montafon</strong> (Hrsg.), <strong>Montafon</strong>er Schriftenreihe 3; p. 21, p. 28, p. 31, p. 47, p. 75; Bludenz: Schuricht
Grüaß Di<br />
im Muntafu!<br />
(Welcome to the <strong>Montafon</strong>)<br />
Allow us to introduce ourselves briefly:<br />
Those of us who live in the <strong>Montafon</strong> are generally<br />
straightforward and appreciative of every single guest.<br />
We are true to ourselves and live out our convictions.<br />
That’s what real closeness is. That’s what defines personal<br />
relationships in the <strong>Montafon</strong>. A symbolic sign of this is<br />
the informal yet respectful form of address (DU), which is<br />
keenly adopted by many people.